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1 00:00:23,456 --> 00:00:32,766 WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:32 2 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:33,733 A.M. I AM CHAIR OF THE 3 00:00:33,733 --> 00:00:34,367 COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBERS 4 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:35,335 KETTLE AND SAKA ARE EXCUSED. 5 00:00:35,335 --> 00:00:37,437 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 6 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:39,372 ROLL? COUNCIL PRESIDENT 7 00:00:39,372 --> 00:00:39,739 HOLLINGSWORTH. 8 00:00:39,739 --> 00:00:40,573 >> PRESENT. 9 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:42,142 >> VICE CHAIR RIVERA. CHAIR 10 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:43,042 STRAUSS. 11 00:00:43,042 --> 00:00:52,552 >> PRESENT. 12 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:53,386 >> THREE PRESENT. 13 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:54,421 >> THANK YOU. THREE PRESENT, TWO 14 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:55,522 EXCUSE. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON 15 00:00:55,522 --> 00:00:57,023 THE AGENDA TODAY. IF THERE IS NO 16 00:00:57,023 --> 00:00:58,324 OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND 17 00:00:58,324 --> 00:00:59,826 THE AGENDA TO HAVE THE BRIEFING 18 00:00:59,826 --> 00:01:01,728 ON STATE AND TRIBAL -- STATE AND 19 00:01:01,728 --> 00:01:02,529 CITY TRIBAL RELATIONS FRAMEWORK 20 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:03,530 THE FIRST ON THE AGENDA, 21 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:04,597 FOLLOWED BY THE TWO BILLS 22 00:01:04,597 --> 00:01:05,965 RELATED TO SHELTER PROPOSAL, AND 23 00:01:05,965 --> 00:01:11,137 FINALLY, THE GRANTS ACCEPTANCE 24 00:01:11,137 --> 00:01:11,938 ORDINANCE. IF THERE IS NO 25 00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:12,939 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 26 00:01:12,939 --> 00:01:16,776 ADOPTED AS AMENDED. HEARING NO 27 00:01:16,776 --> 00:01:17,577 OBJECTION, THE ADDENDA IS 28 00:01:17,577 --> 00:01:19,145 ADOPTED. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE 29 00:01:19,145 --> 00:01:19,779 RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE 30 00:01:19,779 --> 00:01:21,347 HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SIGNED 31 00:01:21,347 --> 00:01:27,053 UP . CHECKING THE ONLINE PUBLIC 32 00:01:27,053 --> 00:01:28,188 COMMENT REGISTRANTS, WE HAVE 33 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:29,689 FOUR. ANTHONY, HOW MANY DO WE 34 00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:38,231 HAVE THERE? SEVEN. WE HAVE UNDER 35 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:39,065 20. EVERYONE HAS UP TO TWO 36 00:01:39,065 --> 00:01:40,233 MINUTES TO SPEAK. AS YOU HEARD, 37 00:01:40,233 --> 00:01:41,668 WE HAVE A VERY PACKED AGENDA AND 38 00:01:41,668 --> 00:01:43,069 A HARD STOP. ANY TIME YOU GET 39 00:01:43,069 --> 00:01:49,709 BACK ISN'T HURT BY BEING ABLE 40 00:01:49,709 --> 00:01:50,977 TO PASS THE BILLS OR AMEND THEM. 41 00:01:50,977 --> 00:01:51,978 WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 42 00:01:51,978 --> 00:01:53,246 IS UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS 43 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:54,447 CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 44 00:01:54,447 --> 00:01:55,515 THEY REGISTERED. IN PERSON 45 00:01:55,515 --> 00:01:56,449 FIRST, AND THEN REMOTE. SPEAKERS 46 00:01:56,449 --> 00:01:57,650 WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 47 00:01:57,650 --> 00:01:59,252 SECONDS ARE LEFT. AS COUNCIL 48 00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:02,222 PRESIDENT SAYS, PLEASE BE NICE. 49 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:03,223 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 50 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:04,691 OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 51 00:02:04,691 --> 00:02:05,992 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. I 52 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:12,832 WILL CALL EVERYONE IN ORDER. 53 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:16,469 WITH THAT, WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE 54 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:18,037 YOU. 55 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:28,581 >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BARB 56 00:02:41,227 --> 00:02:42,729 ALL OF YOUR. FOR THE PAST FIVE 57 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:43,363 YEARS IN EXHAUSTING HEAT AND 58 00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:44,430 FREEZING COLD AT THE HOPE 59 00:02:44,430 --> 00:02:45,365 FACTORY, I BUILT HUNDREDS OF 60 00:02:45,365 --> 00:02:46,232 TINY HOMES AND OVERSAW 61 00:02:46,232 --> 00:02:47,367 OPERATIONS. IN THE PAST SIX 62 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:48,468 MONTHS, AS A CONSULTANT, I HAVE 63 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:49,736 SPOKEN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ALL 64 00:02:49,736 --> 00:02:50,737 THE MAJOR PROVIDERS SERVING OUR 65 00:02:50,737 --> 00:02:51,237 NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING 66 00:02:51,237 --> 00:02:52,171 HOMELESSNESS. I HAVE TALKED TO 67 00:02:52,171 --> 00:02:52,739 SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, 68 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:53,540 INCLUDING THEN CANDIDATE KATIE 69 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:54,574 WILSON. AFTER STUDYING THE 70 00:02:54,574 --> 00:02:55,675 CURRENT PLAN BEFORE YOU, I CAN 71 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:56,643 TELL YOU WITH 100% CERTAINTY 72 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:58,044 THAT THIS PLAN IS SERIOUSLY 73 00:02:58,044 --> 00:03:01,214 FLAWED. I APPLAUD MAYOR WILSON 74 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:02,348 FOR HER DOGGED DETERMINATION TO 75 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:03,316 GET SOMETHING DONE. LAST YEAR 76 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:04,450 OVER 400 PEOPLE DIED IN THE 77 00:03:04,450 --> 00:03:05,785 STREETS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT A 78 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:07,353 LONG-TERM SOLUTION, NOT JUST A 79 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:17,897 BAND-AID FOR WILL COME AND GO IN 80 00:03:20,366 --> 00:03:21,200 JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS. WITH 81 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,268 TWO SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCHES AND A 82 00:03:22,268 --> 00:03:23,303 CALCULATOR, I FOUND OUT THAT 83 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:23,970 SEATTLE'S UNSHELTERED HOMELESS 84 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:25,104 POPULATION IS NOT THE 4500 AS 85 00:03:25,104 --> 00:03:25,939 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SUGGESTS, 86 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:27,340 BUT OVER 7000. HOW CAN ANY PLAN 87 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:28,374 THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE 88 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:29,576 NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS 89 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:31,010 BE EFFECTIVE? THERE IS A PLAN 90 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:32,011 THAT SERVICES 7000 PEOPLE WITH 91 00:03:32,011 --> 00:03:33,079 ONLY 1299 UNITS OF TRANSITIONAL 92 00:03:33,079 --> 00:03:34,514 HOUSING. IT SHOWS THE LONG-TERM 93 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:35,181 OPERATIONAL COSTS, COUNCILMEMBER 94 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:35,949 STRAUSS LAND USE COMMITTEE, 95 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:37,050 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, IT 96 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:40,486 INCORPORATES SEVERAL PROJECTS, 97 00:03:40,486 --> 00:03:41,454 TWO OF WHICH DRAWN GRANTS 98 00:03:41,454 --> 00:03:42,589 PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW 99 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:48,661 ABOUT. THE PLAN FEATURES A 100 00:03:48,661 --> 00:03:49,696 CRITICAL WAY TO COMMUNICATE 101 00:03:49,696 --> 00:03:50,463 BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORS ON THE 102 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:51,297 STREETS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND 103 00:03:51,297 --> 00:03:52,532 THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO MAKE 104 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:53,800 THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE. THIS PLAN 105 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,267 SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES 106 00:03:54,267 --> 00:03:55,168 HOMELESSNESS IN THE FIRST TERM 107 00:03:55,168 --> 00:04:00,540 OF THE WILSON ADMINISTRATION . 108 00:04:00,540 --> 00:04:02,041 MANY OF YOU ON CITY COUNCIL HAVE 109 00:04:02,041 --> 00:04:03,543 ALREADY SEEN THE PLAN. I WILL BE 110 00:04:03,543 --> 00:04:04,444 HAPPY TO REVIEW WITH MAYOR 111 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:05,712 WILSON AND HER STAFF. WITH DUE 112 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:07,046 RESPECT, MY ASK OF YOU TODAY IS 113 00:04:07,046 --> 00:04:12,785 TO TABLE THIS BILL FOR JUST TWO 114 00:04:12,785 --> 00:04:14,153 SHORT WEEKS. GIVE US TIME TO 115 00:04:14,153 --> 00:04:15,054 LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. I 116 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:16,322 WILL BE HERE AFTER THIS MEETING 117 00:04:16,322 --> 00:04:17,523 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 118 00:04:17,523 --> 00:04:23,096 >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT. IF FOLKS 119 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:24,697 WANT TO LINE UP JUST SO WE CAN 120 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:35,274 KEEP TICKING, THAT'S AWESOME. 121 00:04:41,714 --> 00:04:41,914 WELCOME. 122 00:04:41,914 --> 00:04:42,548 >> GOOD MORNING. I AM THE CHIEF 123 00:04:42,548 --> 00:04:43,249 TRANSFORMATION OFFICER AT 124 00:04:43,249 --> 00:04:43,883 THERAPEUTIC HEALTH SERVICES. I 125 00:04:43,883 --> 00:04:44,951 AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THERAPEUTIC 126 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:46,152 HEALTH SERVICES TO LAND OUR 127 00:04:46,152 --> 00:04:46,919 ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL 128 00:04:46,919 --> 00:04:49,656 BILLS 121185 AND 121184. 129 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:50,556 THERAPEUTIC SELF HEALTH SERVICES 130 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:51,290 HAS PROVIDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 131 00:04:51,290 --> 00:04:52,358 SERVICES AND TINY HOME VILLAGES 132 00:04:52,358 --> 00:04:53,159 OPERATED BY THE LOW-INCOME 133 00:04:53,159 --> 00:04:54,027 HOUSING INSTITUTE SINCE 2021. 134 00:04:54,027 --> 00:04:56,529 WORKING FROM A TINY HOME IN 135 00:04:56,529 --> 00:04:57,430 THEIR ASSIGNED VILLAGES, OUR 136 00:04:57,430 --> 00:04:58,798 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS 137 00:04:58,798 --> 00:05:00,266 WORK ALONGSIDE STAFF PROVIDING 138 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,300 DE-ESCALATION AND CRISIS 139 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:08,174 MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT THE 140 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:09,108 ENFORCEMENT OF THE CODE OF 141 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:10,276 CONDUCT. AS A VISIBLE AND 142 00:05:10,276 --> 00:05:11,544 ACCESSIBLE PART OF THE VILLAGE 143 00:05:11,544 --> 00:05:14,013 COMMUNITY, ALSO LOWER BARRIERS 144 00:05:14,013 --> 00:05:15,148 FOR MANY VILLAGE RESIDENTS WHO 145 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:16,649 HAVE BEEN HESITANT TO PURSUE 146 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:20,620 MENTAL HEALTH AT COUNSELING AND 147 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:21,354 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 148 00:05:21,354 --> 00:05:22,755 TREATMENT, INCLUDING OPIOID 149 00:05:22,755 --> 00:05:23,623 TREATMENT. AS PROVIDERS OF 150 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:26,459 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AT 10 151 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:30,863 BRICK-AND-MORTAR LOCATIONS, 152 00:05:30,863 --> 00:05:32,131 ACROSS KING AND SNOHOMISH 153 00:05:32,131 --> 00:05:32,732 COUNTIES, THERAPEUTIC HEALTH 154 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:39,105 SERVICES KNOWS FIRSTHAND HOW 155 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:40,506 HELPING THE MOST BURNABLE IN OUR 156 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:41,140 COMMUNITIES IMPROVES THE HEALTH 157 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:41,841 AND SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 158 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:43,276 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR 159 00:05:43,276 --> 00:05:44,477 YOUR SUPPORT OF COUNCIL BILLS 160 00:05:44,477 --> 00:05:47,246 121185 AND 121184. 161 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:49,115 >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS MARGARET. 162 00:05:49,115 --> 00:05:57,390 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS 163 00:05:57,390 --> 00:05:58,324 AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RIVERA AND 164 00:05:58,324 --> 00:05:59,125 HOLLINGSWORTH. THANK YOU FOR 165 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:00,960 BEING HERE TODAY. I AM FROM LAKE 166 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,662 CITY AND DISTRICT 5. I SUPPORT 167 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:03,696 THE LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU TO 168 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:07,033 ADD FUNDING REMOVE RED TAPE TO 169 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:08,101 CREATE MORE SHELTERS, MANY MORE, 170 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:09,502 WITH STRONG SERVICES IN EVERY 171 00:06:09,502 --> 00:06:15,141 DISTRICT. I HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS 172 00:06:15,141 --> 00:06:15,975 BEEN ACCOMPLISHED JUST FOUR 173 00:06:15,975 --> 00:06:17,110 BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE WITH THE 174 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:18,344 NEW OLYMPIC HILLS TINY HOUSE 175 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:27,120 VILLAGE RUN BY LIHI. SEEING ALL 176 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,521 THE 44 HOMES FILL UP QUICKLY BY 177 00:06:28,521 --> 00:06:29,489 SKILLED OUTREACH WORKERS HAS 178 00:06:29,489 --> 00:06:31,023 GIVEN ME HOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME 179 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:32,458 IN MANY YEARS THAT LAKE CITY IS 180 00:06:32,458 --> 00:06:33,426 GETTING SERVICES THAT MAKE A 181 00:06:33,426 --> 00:06:34,394 DIFFERENCE. OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE 182 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,129 SEEING IT TOO, AND WE WANT TO 183 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:40,666 HELP. THIS MODEL BRINGS PEOPLE 184 00:06:40,666 --> 00:06:41,901 OFF THE STREET AND CREATES THEIR 185 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:42,969 PATH TO BETTER HEALTH, STABILITY 186 00:06:42,969 --> 00:06:43,903 AND PERMANENT HOUSING. THE 24/7 187 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:44,737 STAFFING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND 188 00:06:44,737 --> 00:06:48,908 SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL AND MUST 189 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,109 BE WELL-FUNDED. THE ONLY 190 00:06:50,109 --> 00:06:51,110 CONCERNS I HAVE IS THAT WE NEED 191 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:52,245 MORE VILLAGES LIKE THIS, AND WE 192 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:54,013 NEED TO DEVELOP THEM FASTER. 193 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:54,981 PLEASE INVEST IN MORE SHELTER 194 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:56,215 UNITS FASTER TO MEET THE SCALE 195 00:06:56,215 --> 00:07:00,753 OF THE NEED ACROSS THE CITY , 196 00:07:00,753 --> 00:07:02,054 FUND IT, BUILD IT, SUPPORT IT 197 00:07:02,054 --> 00:07:02,889 NOW. THANK YOU. 198 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:04,090 >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT. 199 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:06,926 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 200 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:15,168 MEMBERS. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3 201 00:07:15,168 --> 00:07:16,102 AND WORKETH THE LOW INCOME 202 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:17,136 HOUSING INSTITUTE. I AM HERE 203 00:07:17,136 --> 00:07:18,337 TODAY TO SPEAK AND SUPPORTED THE 204 00:07:18,337 --> 00:07:19,172 LEGISLATION TO GIVE THE 205 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:19,705 FINANCING ADMINISTRATIVE 206 00:07:19,705 --> 00:07:20,273 SERVICES DIRECTOR LEASING 207 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:21,641 AUTHORITY AND TO ALLOCATE TO 208 00:07:21,641 --> 00:07:22,708 EXPAND DESPERATELY NEEDED 209 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:28,514 SHELTER CAPACITY GIVING THE FAS 210 00:07:28,514 --> 00:07:29,749 DIRECTOR LEASING AUTHORITY WILL 211 00:07:29,749 --> 00:07:31,017 ENABLE THE CITY TO PREPARE SITES 212 00:07:31,017 --> 00:07:32,051 FOR SHELTER MUCH MORE QUICKLY 213 00:07:32,051 --> 00:07:33,653 THAN CURRENTLY POSSIBLE AT LIHI 214 00:07:33,653 --> 00:07:34,454 WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND PREPARE 215 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:36,956 LAND TO OPENING VILLAGES AND 216 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:40,927 SHELTERING MANY MORE PEOPLE . 217 00:07:40,927 --> 00:07:41,627 THIS CHANGE CAN MAKE THAT 218 00:07:41,627 --> 00:07:44,897 PROCESS GO FROM 7 TO 12 MONTHS 219 00:07:44,897 --> 00:07:46,532 TO 3 TO 4 MONTHS. I ALSO SUPPORT 220 00:07:46,532 --> 00:07:47,600 THE BUDGET LEGISLATION 221 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:58,044 ALLOCATING 4.9 MILLION TO 222 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:04,116 SUPPORT SHELTER ACCELERATION. 223 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:04,951 THIS WILL BACK PROVEN SOLUTIONS 224 00:08:04,951 --> 00:08:05,952 THAT BRING PEOPLE INDOORS. WE 225 00:08:05,952 --> 00:08:07,119 ARE IN DIRE NEED OF MORE SHELTER 226 00:08:07,119 --> 00:08:08,354 THAT PROVIDES PEOPLE A ROOF OVER 227 00:08:08,354 --> 00:08:09,589 THEIR HEADS, A DOOR THAT LOCKS, 228 00:08:09,589 --> 00:08:10,823 A SPACE OF THEIR OWN, WRAPAROUND 229 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:11,624 CASE MANAGEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL 230 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:12,692 HEALTHCARE WHEN NECESSARY. ALL 231 00:08:12,692 --> 00:08:13,993 OF THESE THINGS HELP BREAK THE 232 00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:16,529 CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS FOR 233 00:08:16,529 --> 00:08:17,330 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH COMPLEX 234 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:18,164 NEEDS. PLEASE TAKE THIS 235 00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:19,799 OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE 236 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:21,067 SOLUTION AND VOTE YES ON CB 237 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:22,168 121184 AND CB 121185. THANK YOU 238 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:23,402 FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ENDING 239 00:08:23,402 --> 00:08:23,936 HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY. 240 00:08:23,936 --> 00:08:24,904 >> THANK YOU. 241 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:26,939 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 242 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:37,483 MEMBERS. I AM AN EMPLOYEE AT THE 243 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:47,760 LOW-INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE AND 244 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:48,628 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3. AS A 245 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:49,595 VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, I HAVE 246 00:08:49,595 --> 00:08:50,529 CHATTED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE 247 00:08:50,529 --> 00:08:51,664 ACROSS THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE 248 00:08:51,664 --> 00:08:52,265 AMAZON WORKERS, MICROSOFT 249 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:53,065 WORKERS, ADVOCACY GROUPS OR 250 00:08:53,065 --> 00:08:53,966 STUDENTS ENGAGED IN SERVICE 251 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:54,934 LEARNING. AND ACROSS THE BOARD, 252 00:08:54,934 --> 00:08:56,135 OUR VOLUNTEERS SEE THE NEED FOR 253 00:08:56,135 --> 00:08:57,370 SHELTER AND KNOW HOW MUCH MORE 254 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:58,204 EFFECTIVE AND HANDSOME SHELTERS 255 00:08:58,204 --> 00:08:59,405 AND TINY HOUSES ARE. THE ONE 256 00:08:59,405 --> 00:09:00,573 QUESTION IS ALWAYS, WHY AREN'T 257 00:09:00,573 --> 00:09:01,707 THERE MORE? THE ANSWER TO THAT 258 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:12,251 QUESTION IS IN YOUR HANDS TODAY. 259 00:09:13,886 --> 00:09:15,655 I AM ASKING THAT YOU VOTE YES ON 260 00:09:15,655 --> 00:09:16,722 BOTH COUNCIL BILLS TO REMOVE 261 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:17,623 BARRIERS TO SHELTER EXPANSION 262 00:09:17,623 --> 00:09:18,391 AND FUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 263 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:19,792 YOUR VOTE OF YES IS A CLEAR 264 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:20,559 COMMUNICATION THAT YOU SUPPORT 265 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:21,294 SHELTERS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 266 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:22,662 AND BELIEVE THAT IT IS OUR 267 00:09:22,662 --> 00:09:23,296 COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO 268 00:09:23,296 --> 00:09:24,363 UPLIFT OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED WE 269 00:09:24,363 --> 00:09:25,164 DESPERATELY NEED MORE SHELTER, 270 00:09:25,164 --> 00:09:32,972 AND WE NEED IT FAST. YOUR VOTE 271 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:34,006 WILL DETERMINE HOW FAST THE CITY 272 00:09:34,006 --> 00:09:34,941 CAN DEVELOP THE SHELTERS AND GET 273 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:36,242 MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS OFF THE 274 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:37,777 STREETS. THIS IS A FIRST TIME IN 275 00:09:37,777 --> 00:09:39,045 MY THREE YEARS HERE AT LIHI AND 276 00:09:39,045 --> 00:09:40,546 IN THE CITY THAT I FELT HOPEFUL 277 00:09:40,546 --> 00:09:41,547 ABOUT THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS 278 00:09:41,547 --> 00:09:42,715 IN OUR CITY. MANY HANDS MAKE 279 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:43,783 HOUSING WORK. I HOPE YOU'RE 280 00:09:43,783 --> 00:09:44,984 BELIEVE TO BE THE HANDS THAT 281 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:46,018 HELP PASS TODAY'S COUNCIL BILLS 282 00:09:46,018 --> 00:09:47,386 AND INCREASE SHELTER CAPACITY IN 283 00:09:47,386 --> 00:09:48,654 OUR CITY AND TO SUPPORT OUR 284 00:09:48,654 --> 00:09:49,956 NEIGHBORS IN NEED AND THEIR 285 00:09:49,956 --> 00:09:50,590 JOURNEY TO STABILITY. THANK YOU. 286 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:52,058 >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS MAD 287 00:09:52,058 --> 00:09:52,825 AGAIN, FOLLOWED BY MARTHA. 288 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:53,993 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 289 00:09:53,993 --> 00:09:59,699 MEMBERS. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. I 290 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:00,900 AM HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE 291 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:01,701 PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT WILL 292 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:02,735 GIVE THE FINANCE AND 293 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:03,636 ADMINISTRATION SERVICES DIRECTOR 294 00:10:03,636 --> 00:10:04,537 LEASING AUTHORITY AND TO 295 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:15,081 ALLOCATE FOR 4.9 MILLION MILLION 296 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:17,350 TO EXPAND SHELTER CAPACITY. IT 297 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:18,384 IS HEARTBREAKING TO WITNESS THE 298 00:10:18,384 --> 00:10:19,151 UNSAFE CONDITIONS MY NEIGHBORS 299 00:10:19,151 --> 00:10:21,220 LIVE IN EVERY DAY DUE TO A LACK 300 00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:21,754 OF SERVICES AND SHELTER. 301 00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:22,455 UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IS A 302 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:23,389 SEVERE ISSUE PUTTING MANY LIVES 303 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:24,390 AT RISK DAILY. THIS LEGISLATION 304 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:25,825 WOULD BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION 305 00:10:25,825 --> 00:10:27,259 THAT IS URGENTLY NEEDED. IT IS 306 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:28,260 IMPORTANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER 307 00:10:28,260 --> 00:10:29,495 OF BEDS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 308 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:30,896 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND CASE 309 00:10:30,896 --> 00:10:39,872 MANAGEMENT SERVICES. HIGH 310 00:10:39,872 --> 00:10:40,873 SUPPORT SHELTERS ARE ESSENTIAL 311 00:10:40,873 --> 00:10:42,074 IN ENSURING THE UNHOUSED 312 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:42,708 POPULATION RECEIVES HEALTHCARE 313 00:10:42,708 --> 00:10:43,242 AND CASE MANAGEMENT THEY 314 00:10:43,242 --> 00:10:43,909 DESERVE, HELPING THEM GET INTO 315 00:10:43,909 --> 00:10:44,977 AND STAY IN PERMANENT HOUSING. I 316 00:10:44,977 --> 00:10:46,479 URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON BOTH 317 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:47,580 COUNCIL BILLS. THANK YOU FOR 318 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:48,481 USING YOUR POWER TO PROTECT 319 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:49,682 HOUSING AS A RIGHT FOR EVERY 320 00:10:49,682 --> 00:10:50,316 RESIDENT OF SEATTLE. 321 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:51,684 >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT. THE LAST 322 00:10:51,684 --> 00:10:52,752 IN-PERSON SPEAKER. THEN WE WILL 323 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:54,020 TRANSFER TO REMOTE PUBLIC 324 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:57,123 SPEAKERS. WELCOME. 325 00:10:57,123 --> 00:10:58,391 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, 326 00:10:58,391 --> 00:10:59,859 FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR FROM 327 00:10:59,859 --> 00:11:00,493 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS MORNING. 328 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:01,627 I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 329 00:11:01,627 --> 00:11:02,962 MANAGER AT LOW INCOME HOUSING 330 00:11:02,962 --> 00:11:07,667 INSTITUTE, A SHELTER , REST STOP 331 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:08,501 AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER. 332 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:09,335 WE BELIEVE THE HOMELESSNESS 333 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:19,612 CRISIS IN SEATTLE MUST MATCH THE 334 00:11:19,612 --> 00:11:20,713 NEEDS OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. 335 00:11:20,713 --> 00:11:21,814 HAVING WORKED IN NONPROFITS FOR 336 00:11:21,814 --> 00:11:22,682 OVER 15 YEARS, IT HAS BECOME 337 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:23,816 APPARENT TO ME THAT PEOPLE NEED 338 00:11:23,816 --> 00:11:25,051 TO BE SUPPORTED DEEPLY TO BE 339 00:11:25,051 --> 00:11:25,851 CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMATION. THE 340 00:11:25,851 --> 00:11:26,886 LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS 341 00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:27,953 AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT A 342 00:11:27,953 --> 00:11:37,663 SOLUTION. I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT 343 00:11:37,663 --> 00:11:39,031 EXPANSION OF SHELTER BY 344 00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:39,899 APPROVING THE 4.9 MILLION BEFORE 345 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:41,100 YOU AND ALLOWING THE FINANCING 346 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:41,667 ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR TO 347 00:11:41,667 --> 00:11:42,234 IDENTIFY AND SIGN LEASE 348 00:11:42,234 --> 00:11:43,135 AGREEMENTS FOR PROPERTIES TO 349 00:11:43,135 --> 00:11:44,070 ALLOW CITY STAFF TO COORDINATE 350 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:45,771 WITH PROVIDERS WITH THE URGENCY 351 00:11:45,771 --> 00:11:48,007 NEEDED. THROUGH BOTH OF THESE 352 00:11:48,007 --> 00:11:48,974 PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND DEEP 353 00:11:48,974 --> 00:11:49,608 SHELTER RESOURCES, SEATTLEITES 354 00:11:49,608 --> 00:11:51,010 IN NEED OF SHELTER WILL BE ABLE 355 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:52,211 TO FIND A BED AND SUPPORTIVE 356 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:57,650 SERVICES TO HELP REACH SAM STASH 357 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:58,284 SELF SUSTAINABILITY. EXPANDING 358 00:11:58,284 --> 00:11:59,318 SERVICES AS QUICKLY AND DEEPLY 359 00:11:59,318 --> 00:12:03,656 AS POSSIBLE TO SAVE LIVES. 360 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:04,690 THROUGH THE DECISIONS MADE BY 361 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:05,691 THIS COMMITTEE, SEATTLE WILL BE 362 00:12:05,691 --> 00:12:06,492 ABLE TO PRIORITIZE DEEP 363 00:12:06,492 --> 00:12:07,493 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO MAKE EVEN 364 00:12:07,493 --> 00:12:08,360 MORE HIGH SUPPORT SHELTER 365 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,495 AVAILABLE. MEETING COMMUNITY 366 00:12:09,495 --> 00:12:14,200 NEEDS IS MOST SUCCESSFUL WHEN A 367 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:14,834 WRAPAROUND APPROACH, INCLUDING 368 00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:15,868 CASE MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL 369 00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:21,574 HEALTH, SERVICES ARE INTEGRATED. 370 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:22,775 PLEASE MAKE THIS A REALITY BY 371 00:12:22,775 --> 00:12:23,642 PASSING THE COUNCIL BILLS BEFORE 372 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:24,410 YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. 373 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:26,846 >> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING 374 00:12:26,846 --> 00:12:28,314 TO MOVE TO ONLINE PUBLIC 375 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:33,519 COMMENTERS. DAVID HAYNES YOU ARE 376 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:34,720 NOT PRESENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE 377 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:41,594 TO CALL IN NOW -- WAITING FOR 378 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:47,733 SARAH CLARK TO BE PROMOTED. 379 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:50,402 SARAH CLARK. I SEE YOU NOW. STAR 380 00:12:50,402 --> 00:12:57,910 62 UN-MUTE. THERE YOU ARE. 381 00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:58,177 WELCOME. 382 00:12:58,177 --> 00:12:59,178 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS 383 00:12:59,178 --> 00:13:00,813 AND MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE 384 00:13:00,813 --> 00:13:07,520 COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS SARAH 385 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,121 CLARK. I AM HERE TODAY TO 386 00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:10,055 TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE OVER 387 00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:11,924 2600 MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE 388 00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:13,225 METRO CHAMBER IN STRONG SUPPORT 389 00:13:13,225 --> 00:13:15,027 OF COUNCIL BILLS 121184 AND 390 00:13:15,027 --> 00:13:23,235 121185. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO 391 00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:24,470 THANK MARY WILSON FOR TREATING 392 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:25,538 THE HOUSING CRISIS FOR UNHOUSED 393 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:26,405 NEIGHBORS WITH A SENSE OF 394 00:13:26,405 --> 00:13:27,239 URGENCY, CREATIVITY, 395 00:13:27,239 --> 00:13:32,311 COLLABORATION AND COMPASSION THE 396 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:33,045 SITUATION REQUIRES. WE ALL 397 00:13:33,045 --> 00:13:34,013 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR REGION HAS 398 00:13:34,013 --> 00:13:35,281 BEEN IN A HOUSING AND BEHAVIORAL 399 00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:36,282 HEALTH CRISIS FOR MANY YEARS 400 00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:37,783 NOW, AND THAT THE CHALLENGES 401 00:13:37,783 --> 00:13:40,152 ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGING A 402 00:13:40,152 --> 00:13:41,086 PROJECT OF THIS SIZE TO 403 00:13:41,086 --> 00:13:41,954 COMPLETION ARE SIGNIFICANT. I 404 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:43,322 ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL 405 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:45,457 MEMBERS STRAUSS AND COUNCIL 406 00:13:45,457 --> 00:13:46,158 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOR 407 00:13:46,158 --> 00:13:46,725 EXPEDITING THE LEGISLATIVE 408 00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:57,269 PROCESS NEEDED TO REALIZE THE . 409 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,041 WE RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO PASS 410 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:03,042 THESE TWO BILLS WITH THE SAME 411 00:14:03,042 --> 00:14:04,076 SENSE OF URGENCY. AND WALBURN 412 00:14:04,076 --> 00:14:05,044 REMAIN READY TO SUPPORT THIS 413 00:14:05,044 --> 00:14:06,078 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WORK, WE DO 414 00:14:06,078 --> 00:14:07,112 HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW 415 00:14:07,112 --> 00:14:08,314 THE CITY PLANS TO SUPPORT THESE 416 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:09,114 CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE 417 00:14:09,114 --> 00:14:10,316 LONG-TERM WITH THE NECESSARY 418 00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:11,116 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. YOU SHOULD 419 00:14:11,116 --> 00:14:11,784 CONSIDER REPRIORITIZING EXISTING 420 00:14:11,784 --> 00:14:13,118 RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN THE 421 00:14:13,118 --> 00:14:20,793 ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE 422 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:21,694 PROPOSED NEW UNITS TO ENSURE THE 423 00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:23,028 CITY IS ACHIEVING THE KIND OF 424 00:14:23,028 --> 00:14:23,863 OUTCOMES VOTERS WANT TO SEE. 425 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:25,164 THIS PACKAGE IS A CRITICAL NEXT 426 00:14:25,164 --> 00:14:26,131 STEP TO MOVE UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS 427 00:14:26,131 --> 00:14:27,266 OFF THE STREET THE SEATTLE, AND 428 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:30,336 WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT TAXPAYER 429 00:14:30,336 --> 00:14:31,337 RESOURCES ARE USED WISELY TO 430 00:14:31,337 --> 00:14:41,880 SUSTAIN THE OPERATIONS THAT OF 431 00:14:43,849 --> 00:14:44,850 THESE NEW UNITS. BUSINESS 432 00:14:44,850 --> 00:14:45,517 COMMUNITY STAND BEHIND THE MAYOR 433 00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:46,218 AND THE PROPOSED CITYWIDE 434 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:47,319 APPROACH. WE ARE READY TO 435 00:14:47,319 --> 00:14:47,987 SUPPORT CITY LEADERSHIP WITH 436 00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:48,954 THIS MONUMENTAL EFFORT TO MEET 437 00:14:48,954 --> 00:14:50,389 THE MOMENT AND CHART A NEW PATH 438 00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:51,390 TOWARDS OUR LOCAL RESPONSE TO 439 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:52,091 UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS USING 440 00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:53,025 THE AMPLE RESOURCES AT YOUR 441 00:14:53,025 --> 00:14:54,593 DISPOSAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 442 00:14:54,593 --> 00:14:54,960 CONSIDERATION. 443 00:14:54,960 --> 00:15:02,334 >> THANK YOU. UP NEXT IS GRACE, 444 00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:03,469 FOLLOWED BY DAVID HILL. DAVID 445 00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:04,436 HAYNES IS NOW PRESENT. RACE, 446 00:15:04,436 --> 00:15:05,504 WELCOME. WE ARE PROMOTING YOU 447 00:15:05,504 --> 00:15:08,374 NOW. THERE YOU ARE. WELCOME. 448 00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:17,182 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS GRACE. 449 00:15:17,182 --> 00:15:19,518 AGENDA ITEM I AM PROVIDING A 450 00:15:19,518 --> 00:15:20,252 STATEMENT FOR IS FOR PASSAGE OF 451 00:15:20,252 --> 00:15:21,820 COUNCIL BILLS ENDING IN 84 AND 452 00:15:21,820 --> 00:15:24,857 85. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I SUPPORT 453 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:29,228 EXPANDING SHELTER VILLAGES WITH 454 00:15:29,228 --> 00:15:29,862 CASE MANAGEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL 455 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:31,664 SERVICES IN SEATTLE BECAUSE IT 456 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:35,634 IS AN IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY 457 00:15:35,634 --> 00:15:36,936 PART IN SOLVING THE HOMELESSNESS 458 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:40,005 CRISIS IN SEATTLE. I HAVE SEEN 459 00:15:40,005 --> 00:15:41,140 THE RESULTS OVER THE MANY YEARS 460 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:42,975 I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CAMPUS 461 00:15:42,975 --> 00:15:47,613 SECOND CHANCE AS A CITIZEN 462 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:48,347 ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER. I 463 00:15:48,347 --> 00:15:49,848 HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR OVER 10 464 00:15:49,848 --> 00:16:00,292 YEARS. SECOND CHANCE IS A 465 00:16:01,093 --> 00:16:01,860 TRANSITIONAL TINY HOUSE MANAGED 466 00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:03,028 BY LIHI, LOW INCOME HOUSING 467 00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:03,929 INSTITUTE. THEIR APPROACH OF 468 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:04,530 PROVIDING TINY HOUSE SHELTER 469 00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:05,364 VILLAGES WITH ON-SITE SERVICES 470 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:06,799 WORKS . THEY HAVE THE DATA TO 471 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:08,167 PROVE IT. I SUPPORT AND URGE THE 472 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:09,601 COUNCIL TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 473 00:16:09,601 --> 00:16:13,672 121185 CITY OF SEATTLE TO 474 00:16:13,672 --> 00:16:17,242 ALLOCATE THE 4.9 MILLION TO FUND 475 00:16:17,242 --> 00:16:20,112 SHELTER EXPANSION PLANS , AND 476 00:16:20,112 --> 00:16:28,020 COUNCIL BILL 12118 FAR -- 12118 477 00:16:28,020 --> 00:16:28,687 FOR GRANTING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 478 00:16:28,687 --> 00:16:29,421 AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES THE 479 00:16:29,421 --> 00:16:30,422 ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND EXECUTE 480 00:16:30,422 --> 00:16:33,559 LEASES FOR PROPERTIES. SO 481 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:36,295 SEATTLE CAN SUCCESSFULLY 482 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:39,665 CONTINUE TO HELP THE HOMELESS IN 483 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:41,000 OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. 484 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,471 >> THANK YOU, GRACE. UP NEXT IS 485 00:16:45,471 --> 00:16:49,408 DAVID HILL , FOLLOWED BY DAVID 486 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:51,076 HAYNES, WHO IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. 487 00:16:51,076 --> 00:17:01,120 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 488 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,521 MEMBERS. I HAVE BEEN A SEATTLE 489 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:03,589 RESIDENT FOR 15 YEARS. CURRENTLY 490 00:17:03,589 --> 00:17:06,959 LIVING IN DISTRICT 4. OVER THAT 491 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:07,659 TIME, I'VE WATCHED OUR 492 00:17:07,659 --> 00:17:08,460 HOMELESSNESS GROW WHILE THE 493 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:10,162 COUNCIL HAS FAILED TO MEET THE 494 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:18,037 CHALLENGE WITH THE ACTION 495 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:18,937 REQUIRED. I'M HERE TODAY WITH 496 00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:20,105 THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION TO URGE 497 00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:21,273 FULL SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL BILLS 498 00:17:21,273 --> 00:17:22,341 121184 AND 121185. WE BELIEVE 499 00:17:22,341 --> 00:17:32,885 THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT , 500 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:40,592 JUST AS SAFE AND RELIABLE 501 00:17:40,592 --> 00:17:42,060 TRANSIT IS A RIGHT. THESE BILLS 502 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:42,694 ARE A NECESSARY STEP TOWARD 503 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:43,362 PROVIDING THE LIFESAVING SHELTER 504 00:17:43,362 --> 00:17:44,229 AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES OUR 505 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:44,897 UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS DESERVE. LAST 506 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:45,931 YEAR A MAJORITY OF SEATTLE 507 00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:46,932 VOTERS ELECTED KATIE WILSON AS 508 00:17:46,932 --> 00:17:48,167 OUR MAYOR BECAUSE OF HER CLEAR 509 00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:49,301 PROMISE TO EXPAND SHELTERS AND 510 00:17:49,301 --> 00:17:50,068 BRING UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS INSIDE. 511 00:17:50,068 --> 00:17:51,003 YOU HAVE A MORE UNDEMOCRATIC 512 00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:52,237 DUTY TO FULFILL THAT MANDATE. IN 513 00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:53,472 A CITY OF SUCH IMMENSE WEALTH, 514 00:17:53,472 --> 00:17:54,907 THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ANYONE TO 515 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:56,375 BE UNHOUSED WHILE PUBLIC LAND 516 00:17:56,375 --> 00:17:56,875 AND RESOURCES SIT IDLE. 517 00:17:56,875 --> 00:17:57,943 EXPANDING THE AUTHORITY TO 518 00:17:57,943 --> 00:17:59,144 EXECUTE LEASES AND FUNDING FOR 519 00:17:59,144 --> 00:18:01,780 THE SHELTER PLANS IS ABOUT BASIC 520 00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:02,681 JUSTICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE 521 00:18:02,681 --> 00:18:03,715 EXPECT THIS COMMITTEE TO HONOR 522 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:05,117 THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AND MOVE 523 00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:06,151 THESE ORDINANCES FOR. THANK YOU. 524 00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:07,419 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. AND NOW, 525 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:09,154 DAVID HAYNES. THIS IS OUR FINAL 526 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:11,824 SPEAKER. WELCOME. 527 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:18,230 >> THANK YOU. STOP THE DELAY AND 528 00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:23,569 IMPROVE THE ON-SITE SERVICES . 529 00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:25,037 IT IS ONE THING TO ADDRESS DRUG 530 00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:26,138 ADDICTION BY REQUIRING PEOPLE TO 531 00:18:26,138 --> 00:18:36,615 FOCUS 24/7 IN AN AUTHORIZED 532 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:39,918 ENCAMPMENT. IT IS QUITE ANOTHER 533 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:40,886 WHEN YOU PRIORITIZE THE TOURIST 534 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:41,587 DISTRICT AND THE BUSINESS 535 00:18:41,587 --> 00:18:42,387 DISTRICT AND ONLY HELP 536 00:18:42,387 --> 00:18:43,388 SELF-DESTRUCTED PEOPLE WHO ARE 537 00:18:43,388 --> 00:18:43,956 BOTHERING OTHER PEOPLE AND 538 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:44,790 DESTROYING THEMSELVES. AND ACT 539 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:45,991 LIKE YOU ARE DOING THE WHOLE 540 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:46,992 COMMUNITY A FAVOR BY WAREHOUSING 541 00:18:46,992 --> 00:18:48,260 PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTINUING TO DO 542 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:49,661 DRUGS WE HAVE THIS COMING OUT OF 543 00:18:49,661 --> 00:18:50,696 THE INDUSTRY WHERE THEY CLAIM 544 00:18:50,696 --> 00:18:51,897 YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO DRUGS 545 00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:53,132 IN PUBLIC SPACES IN THE TINY 546 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:54,166 VILLAGE, BUT THEY FAILED TO 547 00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:55,434 MENTION THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO 548 00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:56,635 DRUGS AND SPREAD THEIR DISEASES 549 00:18:56,635 --> 00:18:59,271 INSIDE THEIR OWN PERSONAL SPACE 550 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:00,939 AND INSIDE THE PORTA POTTIES AND 551 00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:01,807 RUMMAGE THROUGH THE KITCHEN 552 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:02,508 TOUCHING OTHER PEOPLE'S FOOD, 553 00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:04,443 OPENING UP YOUR BREAD WITH HER 554 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:12,818 DIRTY HANDS . YET THE PEOPLE WHO 555 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:14,153 ARE GETTING RICH WHO ARE NOT 556 00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:14,820 QUALIFIED ARE HOARDING PEOPLE 557 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:16,154 MAKING LIFE A LIVING HELL FOR 558 00:19:16,154 --> 00:19:17,022 INNOCENT HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO 559 00:19:17,022 --> 00:19:18,257 HAVE TO PUT UP WITH A BUNCH OF 560 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:19,324 JUNKIES INSIDE THE TINY VILLAGE. 561 00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:21,527 IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE AN 562 00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:23,395 AUTHORIZED ENCAMPMENT AND ALL 563 00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:23,996 THE SELF-DESTRUCTED REPEAT 564 00:19:23,996 --> 00:19:24,997 OFFENDERS AND REQUIRE THEM TO 565 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:25,998 FOCUS ON THEIR DRUG ADDICTION 566 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,466 24/7 AND GRADUATE THEM TO A TINY 567 00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:28,300 VILLAGE. IT'S ANOTHER THING 568 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:29,868 WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO HOARD 250 569 00:19:29,868 --> 00:19:38,143 PEOPLE AND HAVE CASE MANAGERS 570 00:19:38,143 --> 00:19:38,977 WHO LITERALLY ARE TOTALLY 571 00:19:38,977 --> 00:19:39,878 UNQUALIFIED TO BREAK THE 572 00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:40,846 ADDICTION OF SOMEBODY ELSE. 573 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:41,947 IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GIVE THE BIG 574 00:19:41,947 --> 00:19:42,881 PHARMA ALTERNATIVE DROLL DRUG 575 00:19:42,881 --> 00:19:43,782 AND BRAIN DAMAGING NARCOTICS. IT 576 00:19:43,782 --> 00:19:45,417 IS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE TIME OR 577 00:19:45,417 --> 00:19:50,656 TWO TIME TRIAL , AND AS SOON AS 578 00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:52,124 YOU GIVE THAT TO THEM, YOU ARE 579 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:53,125 SUPPOSED TO FEED THEM HEALTHY 580 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:54,293 FOODS TO BREAK THEIR ADDICTION 581 00:19:54,293 --> 00:19:55,294 TO GET THEM STRONG. INSTEAD 582 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:56,628 IT'S, WELL, WHATEVER ONCE A 583 00:19:56,628 --> 00:20:00,532 DAY. THEY HAVE BAD MENTAL HELP 584 00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:01,633 BECAUSE THEY HAVE BAD FOOD. AND 585 00:20:01,633 --> 00:20:02,534 THEY DON'T DO THE PROPER 586 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:07,606 EXERCISES. AND THE PEOPLE WHO 587 00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:08,707 ARE INTERACTING WITH THEM ARE 588 00:20:08,707 --> 00:20:09,641 BECAUSE THE OTHER PEOPLE, THE 589 00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:10,609 CONTRACT HOLDERS, THE 590 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:11,376 EXECUTIVES, THEY DON'T WANT TO 591 00:20:11,376 --> 00:20:12,578 DEAL WITH THE. IT'S NOT FAIR 592 00:20:12,578 --> 00:20:13,645 THAT THE EXISTENCE OF THE 593 00:20:13,645 --> 00:20:14,379 EXPERTISE IS GOOD PEOPLE 594 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:15,180 ALTERNATIVE DRUG, JUST LIKE 595 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:24,323 AFGHANISTAN GIVING KIDS POPPY TO 596 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:25,090 SHUT THEM UP BECAUSE THEY'RE 597 00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:26,592 QUITE. THERE IS A DING DISTINCT 598 00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:27,226 EFFORTS -- DISTINCT DIFFERENCE 599 00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:28,060 IN THE EFFORT 600 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,461 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. DAVID WAS 601 00:20:29,461 --> 00:20:31,730 OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT 602 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:32,764 REGISTRANT IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL. 603 00:20:32,764 --> 00:20:34,032 SEEING AS WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL 604 00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:35,133 SPEAKERS PRESENT, WE WILL MOVE 605 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:37,502 ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. WE 606 00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:38,503 AMENDED THE AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM 607 00:20:38,503 --> 00:20:39,738 NUMBER FOUR, INFORMATION ITEM 608 00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:44,009 2873, HIS FIRST ORDER OF 609 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:45,010 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK READ 610 00:20:45,010 --> 00:20:46,845 THE SHORT TITLE INTO THE RECORD? 611 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:50,682 >> ITEM 4, STATE AND CITY TRIBAL 612 00:20:50,682 --> 00:20:52,150 RELATIONS FRAMEWORK FOR BRIEFING 613 00:20:52,150 --> 00:20:58,156 AND DISCUSSION. OFFICE OF 614 00:20:58,156 --> 00:20:58,790 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS FOR 615 00:20:58,790 --> 00:20:59,124 PRESENTATION. 616 00:20:59,124 --> 00:21:00,626 >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL FOR 617 00:21:00,626 --> 00:21:01,960 BEING HERE AND BEING FIRST ON 618 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,763 THE AGENDA TODAY. WE HAVE OUR 619 00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:07,399 DIRECTOR OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 620 00:21:07,399 --> 00:21:09,668 RELATIONS, OUR DIRECTOR OF 621 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:11,336 TRIBAL RELATIONS, AND WE HAVE 622 00:21:11,336 --> 00:21:21,880 PATTY HERE AS WELL. GOOD TO SEE 623 00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:26,485 YOU. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, 624 00:21:26,485 --> 00:21:27,386 COLLEAGUES. THIS IS A 625 00:21:27,386 --> 00:21:28,120 PRESENTATION THAT WILL PREPARE 626 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,688 US FOR SOME OF THE WORK WE ARE 627 00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:30,956 GOING TO ENDEAVOR IN THE COMING 628 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:32,324 MONTHS. AND SO, WE ARE GOING TO 629 00:21:32,324 --> 00:21:33,225 HAVE EXPERTS, SUBJECT MATTER 630 00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:34,192 EXPERTS, TRIBAL LEADERS AND MANY 631 00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:35,260 OTHERS COME TO OUR COMMITTEE 632 00:21:35,260 --> 00:21:36,094 WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF 633 00:21:36,094 --> 00:21:36,895 FRANCESCA. TODAY IS FRANCESCA'S 634 00:21:36,895 --> 00:21:38,297 BRIEFING FOR US TO START 635 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:48,840 LEARNING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A 636 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:53,712 LITTLE EMBARRASSING FOR A REALLY 637 00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:54,846 SMART PERSON TO COME HERE AND WE 638 00:21:54,846 --> 00:21:55,847 HAVE VERY BASIC QUESTIONS. TODAY 639 00:21:55,847 --> 00:21:57,349 IS A GOOD WAY TO JUST ASK 640 00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:58,417 FRANCESCA ANYTHING. WE ARE GOING 641 00:21:58,417 --> 00:21:59,317 TO TAKE A CONVERSATIONAL STYLE. 642 00:21:59,317 --> 00:22:00,552 YOU DON'T NEED TO HOLD YOUR 643 00:22:00,552 --> 00:22:01,987 QUESTIONS. BUT WE DO HAVE A HARD 644 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:12,497 STOP AT 11:45. THOSE ARE THE 645 00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:18,103 CONSTRAINTS. I WILL TURN IT OVER 646 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:18,637 TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE, 647 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:19,538 DIRECTOR, IF YOU WANT TO 648 00:22:19,538 --> 00:22:20,772 INTRODUCE THE TABLE, AND WE WILL 649 00:22:20,772 --> 00:22:21,173 MOVE FORWARD. 650 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:22,240 >> SURE. THANK YOU. GOOD 651 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,008 MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS AND 652 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,376 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM 653 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:25,277 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 654 00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:25,911 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. I 655 00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:26,878 AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE, 656 00:22:26,878 --> 00:22:27,946 FRANCESCA, WHO SERVES AS OUR 657 00:22:27,946 --> 00:22:28,747 TRIBAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR. THE 658 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:29,381 OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 659 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:30,182 RELATIONS MANAGES ALL GOVERNMENT 660 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:30,982 TO GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS FOR 661 00:22:30,982 --> 00:22:32,351 THE CITY AND ONE OF OUR 662 00:22:32,351 --> 00:22:33,051 ESSENTIAL PORTFOLIOS IS THE 663 00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:34,586 TRIBAL RELATIONS PROGRAM. AS 664 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:35,454 THIS COMMITTEE KNOWS, CITY 665 00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:36,221 POLICY AND SERVICES HAVE 666 00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:37,422 FAR-REACHING IMPACTS TO TRIBAL 667 00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:39,691 GOVERNMENTS . IT IS CRITICAL 668 00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:40,892 THAT THE CITY RESPECTFULLY 669 00:22:40,892 --> 00:22:51,436 ENGAGE SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATIONS 670 00:22:54,973 --> 00:22:56,241 AND GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT 671 00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:57,142 RELATIONSHIPS ON ISSUES THAT MAY 672 00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:58,009 IMPACT TRIBAL INTERESTS. IN 673 00:22:58,009 --> 00:22:59,311 RECENT YEARS, OIR HAS PRIORITIZE 674 00:22:59,311 --> 00:22:59,978 REBUILDING AND EXPANDING OUR 675 00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:00,812 TRIBAL RELATIONS PROGRAM TO BE 676 00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:01,613 MORE PROACTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE 677 00:23:01,613 --> 00:23:08,820 TO TRIBAL NATIONS. TODAY OIR 678 00:23:08,820 --> 00:23:09,821 LEADS CITYWIDE EVENTS, SUCH AS 679 00:23:09,821 --> 00:23:10,822 THE TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT AND 680 00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:11,323 GATHERINGS, COORDINATES 681 00:23:11,323 --> 00:23:12,457 ENGAGEMENTS WITH CITY AND TRIBAL 682 00:23:12,457 --> 00:23:12,924 OFFICIALS, AND WORKS 683 00:23:12,924 --> 00:23:13,592 COLLABORATIVELY WITH CITY 684 00:23:13,592 --> 00:23:14,659 DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE TRIBAL 685 00:23:14,659 --> 00:23:18,630 AND URBAN NATIVE ENGAGEMENT. 686 00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:19,998 WHEN WE REFLECT ON WHERE WE HAVE 687 00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:21,633 COME AS A CITY, IT IS CLEAR THAT 688 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:22,434 THESE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ARE 689 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:23,668 RESULTING IN MORE AUTHENTIC, 690 00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:24,136 EFFECTIVE AND DURABLE 691 00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:24,836 RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS 692 00:23:24,836 --> 00:23:28,607 GOVERNMENTS. YET WE KNOW THIS 693 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:29,274 WORK DEMANDS SUSTAINED 694 00:23:29,274 --> 00:23:29,841 COMMITMENT ACROSS CITY 695 00:23:29,841 --> 00:23:30,909 GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO THANK 696 00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:32,244 COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND 697 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:38,183 LEADERSHIP. COUNCILMEMBER 698 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:39,217 STRAUSS HAVE MODELED THIS KIND 699 00:23:39,217 --> 00:23:40,051 OF SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO 700 00:23:40,051 --> 00:23:40,852 CHAMPION TRIBAL CITY RELATIONS 701 00:23:40,852 --> 00:23:42,053 FOR MANY YEARS. WE ARE GRATEFUL 702 00:23:42,053 --> 00:23:42,687 TO HAVE COLLABORATIVE 703 00:23:42,687 --> 00:23:43,422 LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS IN THIS 704 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:45,056 WORK. WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE 705 00:23:45,056 --> 00:23:46,424 TODAY TO BRIEF THE COMMITTEE ON 706 00:23:46,424 --> 00:23:51,396 IMPORTANT AND INFORMS OUR 707 00:23:51,396 --> 00:23:52,030 CONTINUED WORK TOGETHER. WITH 708 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:53,098 THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO 709 00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:54,232 FRANCESCA. THANK YOU. 710 00:23:54,232 --> 00:24:02,941 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS AND 711 00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:04,009 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE 712 00:24:04,009 --> 00:24:05,410 INVITATION TO SHARE SOME OF THIS 713 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:06,077 CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION WITH YOU 714 00:24:06,077 --> 00:24:07,412 ALL TODAY. IT WILL BE A 715 00:24:07,412 --> 00:24:08,280 HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW. HAPPY TO DO 716 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,347 ANY DISCUSSION OR FOLLOW-UP AS 717 00:24:09,347 --> 00:24:10,615 WE GO ALONG. AND AFTER THIS 718 00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:11,783 ENGAGEMENT. I AM A CITIZEN OF 719 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:14,452 THE CHEROKEE NATION IN OUR 720 00:24:14,452 --> 00:24:15,086 OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 721 00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:16,254 RELATIONS. I WILL START OUT WITH 722 00:24:16,254 --> 00:24:17,889 OUR STATEWIDE FRAMEWORK AND GIVE 723 00:24:17,889 --> 00:24:18,824 YOU A GLIMPSE AT WHAT THIS 724 00:24:18,824 --> 00:24:19,925 APPROACH LOOKS LIKE. I FIND IT 725 00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:21,092 VERY IMPORTANT TO START WITH A 726 00:24:21,092 --> 00:24:28,233 QUOTE FROM JAMESTOWN TRAFFIC, 727 00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:29,868 ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE 728 00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:38,543 MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE UNITED 729 00:24:38,543 --> 00:24:39,478 STATES. WASHINGTON STATE IS 730 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:40,078 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR OUR 731 00:24:40,078 --> 00:24:40,946 APPROACH TO TRIBAL ESTATE 732 00:24:40,946 --> 00:24:41,646 RELATIONS. THERE ARE SEVERAL 733 00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:42,647 STATES TODAY THAT ARE LEARNING 734 00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:47,352 FROM THE TRIBES OF THIS REGION 735 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:48,587 IN WASHINGTON, BUT THERE IS NO 736 00:24:48,587 --> 00:24:49,654 STATE THAT HAS BEEN AS 737 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:50,789 SUCCESSFUL AS WE HAVE IN MAKING 738 00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:51,590 EFFECTIVE, DURABLE AND LIVING 739 00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:52,657 FRAMEWORK FOR THESE TYPES OF 740 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:54,426 RELATIONSHIPS. BEFORE WE GET 741 00:24:54,426 --> 00:24:59,231 INTO WHO -- THE MECHANICS, IT IS 742 00:24:59,231 --> 00:25:00,165 IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY 743 00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:01,233 TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE CHAMPIONED 744 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:02,000 THIS WORK FOR OVER 36 YEARS. 745 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:12,544 THIS QUOTE FROM CHAIRMAN SAID -- 746 00:25:19,885 --> 00:25:21,353 SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE NARRATIVE 747 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:22,420 QUITE FAMILIAR TO US IN LOCAL 748 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:23,321 GOVERNMENT. WHETHER THE STATE, 749 00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:24,189 COUNTY OR CITY GOVERNMENT, TOO 750 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:24,956 OFTEN NON-TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ARE 751 00:25:24,956 --> 00:25:25,690 UNFAMILIAR WITH THE POWERS, 752 00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:26,525 RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF 753 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:27,492 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. THIS LACK OF 754 00:25:27,492 --> 00:25:28,326 AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF 755 00:25:28,326 --> 00:25:28,960 THE TWO CYCLICAL 756 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:29,628 MISUNDERSTANDINGS, DISAGREEMENTS 757 00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:30,128 AND OVERALL INEFFECTIVE 758 00:25:30,128 --> 00:25:30,762 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS 759 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:33,265 FOR ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED. 760 00:25:33,265 --> 00:25:34,699 FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS WORK IS 761 00:25:34,699 --> 00:25:35,333 UNDERSTANDING THE PARADIGM 762 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:36,735 SHIFTS THAT CREATED THE PATHWAYS 763 00:25:36,735 --> 00:25:37,702 FOR THESE POLICY CHANGES HERE IN 764 00:25:37,702 --> 00:25:38,637 OUR STATE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 765 00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:39,571 TRIBAL LEADERS FROM WASHINGTON 766 00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:41,072 ARE KNOWN FOR CONSISTENT AND 767 00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:51,616 IMPACTFUL ORGANIZING. THERE MAY 768 00:25:52,350 --> 00:25:53,518 BE NO BETTER EXAMPLE TO LOOK TO 769 00:25:53,518 --> 00:25:54,686 IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY THAN 770 00:25:54,686 --> 00:25:55,987 THE EFFORTS OF THE '60s A '70s 771 00:25:55,987 --> 00:25:56,988 WERE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES FOUGHT 772 00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:57,656 TO PROTECT RESERVED RIGHTS TO 773 00:25:57,656 --> 00:25:58,690 FISH, HUNT TOGETHER. THE PROTEST 774 00:25:58,690 --> 00:25:59,457 AND CONFLICT BETWEEN STATE 775 00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:00,525 AGENCIES AND TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE 776 00:26:00,525 --> 00:26:11,069 NOW KNOWN AS THE FISH WARS. BUT 777 00:26:13,571 --> 00:26:14,606 THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY BATTLES 778 00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:15,206 THAT TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND 779 00:26:15,206 --> 00:26:16,274 COMMUNITIES WERE HAVING AT THAT 780 00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:17,242 TIME. THEY EXISTED LONG BEFORE, 781 00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:18,276 AND HAVE SINCE, FROM HEALTHCARE 782 00:26:18,276 --> 00:26:19,411 TO CHILD WELFARE TO TAXATION, 783 00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:20,178 MANY TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE 784 00:26:20,178 --> 00:26:21,179 FOUND THEMSELVES AT ODDS WITH 785 00:26:21,179 --> 00:26:21,780 STATE GOVERNMENT. TRIBAL 786 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:22,781 GOVERNMENTS ARE OFTEN IN THE 787 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:23,848 POSITION OF HAVING TO REMIND, 788 00:26:23,848 --> 00:26:25,016 EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR 789 00:26:25,016 --> 00:26:25,650 AUTHORITIES TO EXERCISE THEIR 790 00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:26,484 SOVEREIGNTY AND 791 00:26:26,484 --> 00:26:27,719 SELF-DETERMINATION. THE FISH 792 00:26:27,719 --> 00:26:28,520 WARS MARK BASIC EFFICIENT 793 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,721 PARADIGM SHIFT AND OPENED NEW 794 00:26:29,721 --> 00:26:30,522 OPPORTUNITIES TO FOSTER MORE 795 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:31,156 EFFECTIVE RELATIONS. FOLLOWING 796 00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:31,856 THE SUCCESSFUL U.S. VERSUS 797 00:26:31,856 --> 00:26:32,757 WASHINGTON LITIGATION, ALSO 798 00:26:32,757 --> 00:26:33,725 KNOWN AS THE BOLTON DECISION, IT 799 00:26:33,725 --> 00:26:34,726 AFFIRMED THE RIGHTS OF TRIBAL 800 00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:38,263 NATIONS TO EXERCISE THEIR TREATY 801 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,064 PROTECTED ACTIVITIES, WE BEGAN 802 00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:39,998 TO SEE POSITIVE MOVEMENTS TOWARD 803 00:26:39,998 --> 00:26:40,699 SELF-DETERMINATION OF TRIBAL 804 00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:41,666 NATIONS WITH INNER CITY AND 805 00:26:41,666 --> 00:26:42,634 WITHIN OUR STATE GOVERNMENT. YOU 806 00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:44,002 CAN THINK OF THIS POLICY AREA AS 807 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:45,103 A KEY MILESTONE IN FINDING 808 00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:46,037 PATHWAYS THAT ARE ADVANCED 809 00:26:46,037 --> 00:26:47,439 SOVEREIGNTY AND ENHANCEMENTS OF 810 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:56,314 TREATY RIGHTS. TRIBAL ESTATE 811 00:26:56,314 --> 00:26:57,716 RELATIONS, IT IS NO ONE DOCUMENT 812 00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:58,683 OR ACTIVITY, IT IS THE 813 00:26:58,683 --> 00:26:59,617 CULMINATION OF MANY TOOLS THAT 814 00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:00,452 COLLECTIVELY CREATE A FRAMEWORK 815 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:01,252 FOR PRACTICING MORE EFFECTIVE 816 00:27:01,252 --> 00:27:02,220 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. THE 817 00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:12,731 CENTENNIAL ACCORD AND THE NEW 818 00:27:16,067 --> 00:27:16,634 MILLENNIUM AGREEMENT A WRITTEN 819 00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:17,369 DOCUMENTS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ON 820 00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:18,303 THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN 821 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:19,604 AFFAIRS WEBPAGE. YOU WILL NOTICE 822 00:27:19,604 --> 00:27:20,405 THERE ARE QUITE BRIEF IN THEIR 823 00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:21,239 HIGH-LEVEL STATEMENTS, BUT THEY 824 00:27:21,239 --> 00:27:22,674 GUIDE THE REST OF THE WORK AND 825 00:27:22,674 --> 00:27:23,675 ASKED AS THE NORTHSTAR FOR 826 00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:24,476 SHARED VALUES AND POSSIBLES. 827 00:27:24,476 --> 00:27:25,543 OVER THE YEARS, THESE STATEMENTS 828 00:27:25,543 --> 00:27:26,544 HAVE BECOME CODIFIED IN STATUTE 829 00:27:26,544 --> 00:27:27,545 IN THE REVISED CODE OF 830 00:27:27,545 --> 00:27:28,580 WASHINGTON THAT NOW INCLUDES 831 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:29,214 DEFINITIONS, STATE AGENCY 832 00:27:29,214 --> 00:27:30,448 DUTIES, RULES FOR TRIBAL 833 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:30,949 LIAISONS AND TRAINING 834 00:27:30,949 --> 00:27:31,683 REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS AN 835 00:27:31,683 --> 00:27:33,785 ANNUAL MEETING THAT IS ALSO 836 00:27:33,785 --> 00:27:36,421 KNOWN AS CENTENNIAL ACCORD. OVER 837 00:27:36,421 --> 00:27:37,188 THE DECADES, STATE AGENCIES HAVE 838 00:27:37,188 --> 00:27:47,665 CREATED DOZENS OF -- TRIBAL 839 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:49,200 LIAISON POSITIONS AND DEVELOPED 840 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:49,868 INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION POLICIES 841 00:27:49,868 --> 00:27:50,902 TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC HOPE OF 842 00:27:50,902 --> 00:27:51,836 WORK WITHIN THE STATE AGENCY. 843 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:53,138 ALL OF THESE THINGS HELPS CREATE 844 00:27:53,138 --> 00:27:54,005 MORE EFFECTIVE PROTOCOLS AND 845 00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:54,773 PRACTICES FOR ENGAGING WITH 846 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:55,607 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND URBAN 847 00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:56,941 INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS ON TRUST 848 00:27:56,941 --> 00:28:06,951 AND TREATY ISSUES. WHILE THE 849 00:28:06,951 --> 00:28:07,585 WRITTEN AND DOCUMENTED EFFORTS 850 00:28:07,585 --> 00:28:08,386 ARE ESSENTIAL TO ESTABLISHING 851 00:28:08,386 --> 00:28:10,655 THAT HIGH-LEVEL FRAMEWORK, THE 852 00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:11,723 REAL WORK OF INSTITUTIONALIZATIO 853 00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:12,223 N IS BUILT THROUGH THE 854 00:28:12,223 --> 00:28:12,757 INTERACTIONS OF STAFF AND 855 00:28:12,757 --> 00:28:13,358 ELECTED OFFICIALS ON A DAILY 856 00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:14,025 BASIS AS WE PRACTICE THIS WORK 857 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:14,959 TOGETHER AND BUILD OUR MUSCLE AS 858 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:16,394 A STATE TO TURN THINGS ON PAPER 859 00:28:16,394 --> 00:28:17,462 INTO THE NORMS AND CULTURAL 860 00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:18,296 PRACTICES OF OUR GOVERNMENTS. 861 00:28:18,296 --> 00:28:20,098 >> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THANK 862 00:28:20,098 --> 00:28:22,067 YOU, FRANCESCA . THIS IS A 863 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:32,610 REALLY IMPORTANT SLIDE. IT LOOKS 864 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:34,612 VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, I WOULD 865 00:28:34,612 --> 00:28:34,813 SAY. 866 00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:35,180 >> SIMPLIFIED. 867 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:36,414 >> THANK YOU. IN YOUR OPENING 868 00:28:36,414 --> 00:28:37,015 REMARKS, YOU MENTIONED THE 869 00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:37,682 CENTENNIAL ACCORD IS AN 870 00:28:37,682 --> 00:28:38,883 EFFECTIVE, LIVING AND DURABLE 871 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:47,659 DOCUMENT. I WILL SHARE THE 872 00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:48,426 EMBARRASSING PART, COLLEAGUES. I 873 00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:49,360 WOULD RATHER BE EMBARRASSED HERE 874 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,361 AMONGST OURSELVES THEN WE HAVE 875 00:28:50,361 --> 00:28:51,429 THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR 876 00:28:51,429 --> 00:28:52,764 YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST 877 00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:53,665 LEARNED OF THE CENTENNIAL 878 00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:54,799 ACCORD, THERE IS A REALLY BIG 879 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:55,834 SECTION OF THE STATE CAPITAL 880 00:28:55,834 --> 00:28:56,835 THAT IS DEDICATED TO EXPLAINING 881 00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:57,869 WHAT THE CENTENNIAL ACCORD IS. 882 00:28:57,869 --> 00:28:59,270 NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I READ 883 00:28:59,270 --> 00:29:00,905 IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A POINT IN 884 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:02,841 TIME OR A ONCE A YEAR, LET'S 885 00:29:02,841 --> 00:29:04,175 ALL COME TOGETHER AND SEE HOW WE 886 00:29:04,175 --> 00:29:10,882 ARE DOING. RIGHT? IN MY 887 00:29:10,882 --> 00:29:12,083 UNDERSTANDING OF IT, IT WAS MORE 888 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:13,351 BASIC THAT IT HAD OCCURRED AT 889 00:29:13,351 --> 00:29:14,452 SOME POINT, AND THAT FROM TIME 890 00:29:14,452 --> 00:29:21,759 TO TIME, WE CHECKED BACK IN. 891 00:29:21,759 --> 00:29:23,194 WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT HOW OUR 892 00:29:23,194 --> 00:29:23,862 DISCUSSIONS HAVE GONE, 893 00:29:23,862 --> 00:29:24,829 FRANCESCA, IS YOUR ABILITY TO 894 00:29:24,829 --> 00:29:26,464 SHARE HOW EACH OF THESE 895 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:27,465 DIFFERENT PUZZLES, PIECES OF THE 896 00:29:27,465 --> 00:29:29,100 PIE I SHOULD SAY, ARE LEADING 897 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,702 INTO ANOTHER. AND SO, COULD WE 898 00:29:30,702 --> 00:29:31,569 JUST SPEND A MOMENT WALKING 899 00:29:31,569 --> 00:29:33,204 THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE . THE 900 00:29:33,204 --> 00:29:36,074 ONE THAT YOU HAVE PULLED OUT IS, 901 00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:40,945 I THINK , IN A BASIC SENSE WHAT 902 00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:42,080 I WOULD'VE GUESSED YEARS AND 903 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,948 YEARS AGO WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT 904 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:53,358 INFORMATION SPACE IN THE STATE 905 00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:54,425 CAPITAL ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL 906 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:55,260 ACCORD. THAT IS THE CENTENNIAL 907 00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:55,593 ACCORD PACT. 908 00:29:55,593 --> 00:29:56,995 >> THAT IS THE BRIEF WRITTEN 909 00:29:56,995 --> 00:29:57,996 DOCUMENT SIGNED IN 1989 AMONGST 910 00:29:57,996 --> 00:29:59,364 TRAVEL -- TRIBAL LEADERS. 911 00:29:59,364 --> 00:30:01,799 >> AND THAT WAS A POINT IN TIME 912 00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:02,967 . BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS 913 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:09,941 COME FROM IT IS WHAT IS 914 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:11,142 CONTINUING TO LIVE AND REMAIN 915 00:30:11,142 --> 00:30:12,243 DURABLE BECAUSE IT IS FLEXIBLE 916 00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:16,915 AND NIMBLE, YET STRONG. AND SO, 917 00:30:16,915 --> 00:30:17,982 THAT IS WHERE WE COME TO THE 918 00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:19,450 NEXT SLICE OF THE PIE, THE 919 00:30:19,450 --> 00:30:20,118 CENTENNIAL CORD ANNUAL MEETING. 920 00:30:20,118 --> 00:30:25,356 THAT IS WHERE , WHEN I WAS 921 00:30:25,356 --> 00:30:26,391 READING THE INFORMATION DOWN AT 922 00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:27,292 THE CAPITAL, THAT IS WHERE 923 00:30:27,292 --> 00:30:28,092 EVERYONE COMES BACK TOGETHER. 924 00:30:28,092 --> 00:30:29,294 HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE 925 00:30:29,294 --> 00:30:30,795 ANNUAL WORK? IS IT LIKE WHAT 926 00:30:30,795 --> 00:30:32,130 WE'RE DOING HERE WITH OUR 927 00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:39,671 TRIBAL NATIONS , SOME OF WHOM 928 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:40,572 CHECK IN REGULARLY? HOW DOES THE 929 00:30:40,572 --> 00:30:41,306 ANNUAL MEETING WORK FOR 930 00:30:41,306 --> 00:30:41,606 EVERYONE? 931 00:30:41,606 --> 00:30:42,840 >> THE ANNUAL MEETING IS THAT 932 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:43,408 TOUCH POINT AMONG SELECTED 933 00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:47,212 OFFICIALS FROM THE STATE CABINET 934 00:30:47,212 --> 00:30:48,379 AND GOVERNOR, AS WELL AS TRIBAL 935 00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:49,647 COMMUNITIES. IT HAS CONTINUED TO 936 00:30:49,647 --> 00:30:54,018 GROW AND EXPAND AND MORPH OVER 937 00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:54,919 TIME. UNDER GOVERNOR FERGUSON, 938 00:30:54,919 --> 00:30:56,020 IT HAS GONE THROUGH ITS OWN 939 00:30:56,020 --> 00:30:57,222 REVITALIZATION TO ENSURE THAT IT 940 00:30:57,222 --> 00:30:59,924 CONTINUES TO BE AN EFFECTIVE 941 00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:07,131 SPACE. SOMETIMES AS WE CONTINUE 942 00:31:07,131 --> 00:31:08,766 REAL EXERCISES OF MEETING TO ME, 943 00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:11,002 IT IS IMPORTANT WE REVISIT WHY 944 00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:11,836 WE ARE MEETING AND THAT WE ARE 945 00:31:11,836 --> 00:31:12,770 BEING ACCOUNTABLE IN BETWEEN. 946 00:31:12,770 --> 00:31:13,671 YOU CAN THINK OF THE TRIBAL 947 00:31:13,671 --> 00:31:22,080 NATION SUMMIT AS THAT PRACTICE 948 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,214 OF CONVENING ELECTED OFFICIALS 949 00:31:23,214 --> 00:31:23,948 TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, OPEN 950 00:31:23,948 --> 00:31:25,116 AND HONEST DISCUSSIONS, AROUND A 951 00:31:25,116 --> 00:31:26,084 SHARED ROUNDTABLE, BUT IT IS 952 00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:27,085 IMPORTANT THAT OTHER PIECES OF 953 00:31:27,085 --> 00:31:28,553 THE PIE EXIST TO HELP IN THE 954 00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:30,088 TIME BETWEEN. IT IS ALSO 955 00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:36,361 IMPORTANT THAT THAT SOME OF IT 956 00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:37,595 IS REPORTING OUT ON WHAT STATE 957 00:31:37,595 --> 00:31:38,663 AGENCIES ARE DOING. BUT WHAT 958 00:31:38,663 --> 00:31:39,664 WE'VE HEARD FROM TRIBAL LEADERS 959 00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:41,266 ABOUT OUR WORK IS THAT WE ARE 960 00:31:41,266 --> 00:31:42,133 NOT JUST COMING TO TRIBAL 961 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:43,134 PARTNERS SHARING WHAT WE ARE 962 00:31:43,134 --> 00:31:44,469 DOING AS THE CITY, WE ARE 963 00:31:44,469 --> 00:31:45,203 LISTENING TO NEEDS AND 964 00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:46,204 PRIORITIES, AND WE ARE RECEIVING 965 00:31:46,204 --> 00:31:47,205 THAT FEEDBACK AND INTEGRATING IT 966 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:51,075 INTO THE WORK , AND THEN WHEN WE 967 00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:52,310 RECONVENE AGAIN, WE CAN SHARE 968 00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:53,144 PROGRESS UPDATES. WE ARE MAKING 969 00:31:53,144 --> 00:31:53,745 MEANINGFUL COMMITMENTS IN 970 00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:58,316 BETWEEN. THAT IS THE -- THAT IS 971 00:31:58,316 --> 00:31:59,117 SOMETHING THAT HAS DISTINGUISHED 972 00:31:59,117 --> 00:32:00,084 SOME OF OUR WORK. CENTENNIAL 973 00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:01,386 CORD FROM THE STATE LEVEL IS 974 00:32:01,386 --> 00:32:02,287 GOING THROUGH A REVITALIZATION 975 00:32:02,287 --> 00:32:03,888 OF THAT EFFORT, THAT INTENT, AS 976 00:32:03,888 --> 00:32:14,299 WELL AS ENTERING OVER 30 YEARS 977 00:32:14,299 --> 00:32:15,033 OF DOING THE WORK. 978 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:16,668 >> THANK YOU. AND SO, TO MAKE IT 979 00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:18,736 NOT A WROTE MEETING TO MEET, IS 980 00:32:18,736 --> 00:32:19,370 THIS A SINGLE DAY, MULTIPLE 981 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:21,439 DAYS? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING -- 982 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,207 THERE IS MORE THAN JUST EVERYONE 983 00:32:23,207 --> 00:32:23,975 GETTING TOGETHER. THERE ARE 984 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:24,542 BREAKOUT SESSIONS. WORKING 985 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:25,910 THROUGH THINGS. WORKING MEETINGS 986 00:32:25,910 --> 00:32:30,381 AS WELL IS REPORTING OUT 987 00:32:30,381 --> 00:32:30,648 MEETINGS. 988 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:31,816 >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 989 00:32:31,816 --> 00:32:32,550 EXPANSIVE NATURE OF STATE 990 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:40,325 GOVERNMENT, THE BODY OF WORK 991 00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:41,259 WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES HAS 992 00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:42,327 CONTINUED TO GROW OVER THE YEARS 993 00:32:42,327 --> 00:32:43,628 AS MORE ISSUES HAVE BECOME TO BE 994 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:45,063 UNDERSTOOD AS IMPACT ON TRIBAL 995 00:32:45,063 --> 00:32:51,102 INTERESTS. THE MEETINGS GET 996 00:32:51,102 --> 00:32:52,103 LARGER AND LARGER. THERE IS 997 00:32:52,103 --> 00:32:53,204 ALWAYS A NEED TO CAUCUS SINCE 998 00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:54,005 TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND STATE 999 00:32:54,005 --> 00:32:55,039 AGENCIES. THAT IS TYPICALLY THE 1000 00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,908 FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE 1001 00:32:56,908 --> 00:33:00,111 CENTENNIAL ACCORD THAT CAN TAKE 1002 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:01,245 HALF A WEEK TO A WEEK DEPENDING 1003 00:33:01,245 --> 00:33:02,413 ON THE YEAR AND HOW IT IS 1004 00:33:02,413 --> 00:33:03,414 ORGANIZED. IT TRAVELS AROUND THE 1005 00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:04,349 STATE TO DIFFERENT TRIBAL 1006 00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:05,683 COMMUNITIES TO HOST A GATHERING 1007 00:33:05,683 --> 00:33:07,452 . AND THEN, AT LEAST ONE TO TWO 1008 00:33:07,452 --> 00:33:08,619 DAYS ARE WITH THE GOVERNOR AND 1009 00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:09,921 CABINET MEMBERS AND STATE AGENCY 1010 00:33:09,921 --> 00:33:14,292 REPRESENTATIVES , AND THE 1011 00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:15,159 DIALOGUE IS HAPPENING AROUND 1012 00:33:15,159 --> 00:33:15,993 THOSE IDENTIFIED TOPICS OF 1013 00:33:15,993 --> 00:33:16,627 INTEREST. EVERYTHING FROM 1014 00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:20,365 TAXATION TO GAMING TO HEALTH AND 1015 00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:21,199 SOCIAL SERVICES. IT REALLY RUNS 1016 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:22,367 THE GAMUT OF EVERYTHING THAT OUR 1017 00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:23,501 STATE AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS 1018 00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:24,902 HAND -- HAVE UNDER THEIR 1019 00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:25,236 JURISDICTION. 1020 00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:29,107 >> I'M GOING TO CALL IT 1021 00:33:29,107 --> 00:33:29,941 WEEKLONG MEETINGS. THE ANNUAL 1022 00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:32,410 CONFERENCE, IF YOU WILL. ARE ALL 1023 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:33,411 29 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES 1024 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:34,846 IN WASHINGTON COMING WITH 1025 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:39,517 ELECTED LEADERS? ARE THERE 1026 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:40,918 TRIBES FROM OREGON AND IDAHO 1027 00:33:40,918 --> 00:33:43,187 JOINING? YOU MENTIONED 1028 00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:44,756 DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE STATE 1029 00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:48,760 GOVERNMENT, BUT ARE WE BRINGING 1030 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:49,694 THE DIRECTORS OF THESE 1031 00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:50,862 DEPARTMENTS, OR BRINGING 1032 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:55,066 SECRETARIES ? CAN YOU TALK TO 1033 00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:56,234 THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY? 1034 00:33:56,234 --> 00:33:57,869 >> ON A FUTURE SLIDE WE WERE 1035 00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:59,003 TALK ABOUT THE ITERATION OF THE 1036 00:33:59,003 --> 00:34:00,405 PACK ITSELF. IT WAS NOT SIGNED 1037 00:34:00,405 --> 00:34:01,539 BY ALL THE TRIBES IN WASHINGTON 1038 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,274 AT THE TIME IN 1989. SOME OF 1039 00:34:03,274 --> 00:34:09,580 THAT WAS A REFLECTION OF SOME 1040 00:34:09,580 --> 00:34:10,648 TRIBES AT THE TIME HAVING 1041 00:34:10,648 --> 00:34:11,482 CONCERNS THAT THEIR PRIMARY 1042 00:34:11,482 --> 00:34:12,850 RELATIONSHIP IS WITH THE FEDERAL 1043 00:34:12,850 --> 00:34:15,620 GOVERNMENT. AND THEY ACTUALLY 1044 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,155 HOLD MORE POWER AND AUTHORITY 1045 00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:18,156 THAN STATE GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL 1046 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:28,699 GOVERNMENTS. AND SO, THERE WAS 1047 00:34:31,068 --> 00:34:32,770 MAYBE SOME HESITATION IN THOSE 1048 00:34:32,770 --> 00:34:33,304 EARLY YEARS AROUND, IF WE 1049 00:34:33,304 --> 00:34:34,305 ACKNOWLEDGE THIS RELATIONSHIP 1050 00:34:34,305 --> 00:34:34,939 WITH STATE GOVERNMENT, IS THAT 1051 00:34:34,939 --> 00:34:35,440 SOMEHOW SUPPLANTING THE 1052 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:36,274 PRIORITIZATION OF OUR ROLE WITH 1053 00:34:36,274 --> 00:34:37,008 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? OVER 1054 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:38,042 TIME, THAT FEAR HAS DISSIPATED. 1055 00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:39,277 ALL 29 TRIBES ARE NOW SIGNATORY 1056 00:34:39,277 --> 00:34:45,983 TO THE PACT. THERE ARE ALSO 1057 00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:46,551 ITERATIONS OF UNRECOGNIZED 1058 00:34:46,551 --> 00:34:47,085 COMMUNITIES THAT BECAME 1059 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:48,052 RECOGNIZED TRIBES THAT LATER 1060 00:34:48,052 --> 00:34:49,053 SIGNED, AS WELL AS TRIBES WHO 1061 00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:50,655 HAVE ANCESTRAL INTEREST IN 1062 00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:51,189 WASHINGTON STATE THAT ARE 1063 00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:51,856 CURRENTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE 1064 00:34:51,856 --> 00:34:53,057 STATE AND IDAHO OR OREGON. THEY 1065 00:34:53,057 --> 00:34:54,225 SIGNED THE PACT AS WELL. BECAUSE 1066 00:34:54,225 --> 00:34:55,193 THE VALUE OF THIS AGREEMENT 1067 00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:56,294 BECAME VERY VISIBLE TO TRIBAL 1068 00:34:56,294 --> 00:34:58,896 LEADERS . THE POWER OF HAVING 1069 00:34:58,896 --> 00:34:59,530 TRANSPARENT, AND ACCOUNTABLE 1070 00:34:59,530 --> 00:35:00,531 FRAMEWORKS OF COMMUNICATION ON A 1071 00:35:00,531 --> 00:35:03,167 GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT LABOR 1072 00:35:03,167 --> 00:35:04,402 -- LEVEL IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN 1073 00:35:04,402 --> 00:35:05,403 WHAT HISTORICALLY WE HAVE DONE 1074 00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:10,475 AS A NATION OR STATE WHERE WE 1075 00:35:10,475 --> 00:35:11,075 ARE COMING INTO CONFLICT AND 1076 00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:11,776 DISPUTE OVER ISSUES. INSTEAD OF 1077 00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:13,244 TRYING TO AVOID LITIGATION AS 1078 00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:16,948 BEING SOLUTION POINT, SOMETIMES 1079 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:17,748 THAT IS INEVITABLE, BUT 1080 00:35:17,748 --> 00:35:19,083 SOMETIMES WE CAN BE MORE 1081 00:35:19,083 --> 00:35:21,619 PROACTIVE AND HAVE STRONGER 1082 00:35:21,619 --> 00:35:22,487 RELATIONSHIPS TO UNDERSTAND EACH 1083 00:35:22,487 --> 00:35:23,688 OTHER'S ISSUES AND WORK IT OUT 1084 00:35:23,688 --> 00:35:24,021 PROACTIVELY. 1085 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:25,289 >> REALLY GREAT SEGUE INTO THAT 1086 00:35:25,289 --> 00:35:29,227 NEXT PIECE OF THE PIE, WHICH IS 1087 00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:31,462 THE NEW MILLENNIUM PACT. HOW IS 1088 00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:32,096 THAT DIFFERENT? 1089 00:35:32,096 --> 00:35:42,640 >> ABOUT 10 YEARS IN . THE STATE 1090 00:35:42,907 --> 00:35:44,208 AND TRIBAL LEADERS DECIDED TO 1091 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:44,976 REVISIT THE FRAMEWORK AND SAY, 1092 00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:46,677 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 1093 00:35:46,677 --> 00:35:47,612 10 YEARS, WHAT IS WORKING AND 1094 00:35:47,612 --> 00:35:49,580 WHAT TO BE NEED TO INVEST IN 1095 00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:56,721 MORE DEFINITION AND REFINEMENT 1096 00:35:56,721 --> 00:35:57,622 AROUND? THE NEW MILLENNIUM 1097 00:35:57,622 --> 00:35:58,389 AGREEMENT JUST HELP SET SOME 1098 00:35:58,389 --> 00:35:59,090 IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES THAT 1099 00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:00,024 WERE LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC. 1100 00:36:00,024 --> 00:36:01,325 HOW WE HANDLE DISPUTE 1101 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:01,893 RESOLUTION, HOW WE CREATE 1102 00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:02,493 CONSULTATION POLICIES THAT 1103 00:36:02,493 --> 00:36:04,028 IDENTIFY WHO, WHEN AND HOW WE 1104 00:36:04,028 --> 00:36:04,662 ENGAGE WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS 1105 00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:07,732 AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES. SILICON 1106 00:36:07,732 --> 00:36:08,866 A LITTLE BIT TO THE MORE 1107 00:36:08,866 --> 00:36:09,800 GRANULAR PIECES. IT WAS A 1108 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:10,635 REAFFIRMATION OF THE SHARED 1109 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:12,270 VALUES AS WELL AROUND THIS 1110 00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:15,640 POLICY AREA -- ERA, 1111 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:16,307 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ACTUALLY 1112 00:36:16,307 --> 00:36:18,509 SERVED UNDER TWO GOVERNORS . SHE 1113 00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:23,514 WAS A KEY PERSON IN 1114 00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:24,448 CONCEPTUALIZING MUCH OF THIS 1115 00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:25,416 WORK IN HELPING CARRYING THE 1116 00:36:25,416 --> 00:36:27,618 LEGACY INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM. 1117 00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:29,253 THAT CASCADED -- I WILL KINDA 1118 00:36:29,253 --> 00:36:39,797 FINISH THIS OUT HERE . CASCADED 1119 00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:44,936 INTO HOW WE CODIFY IT INTO THE 1120 00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:45,937 REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON SO 1121 00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:46,604 THEY'RE NOT JUST EXECUTIVE 1122 00:36:46,604 --> 00:36:47,204 ORDERS, EXECUTIVE LEVEL 1123 00:36:47,204 --> 00:36:48,206 DOCUMENTS, THEY ARE WRITTEN INTO 1124 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:49,006 THE LEGISLATIVE CODE, WHICH 1125 00:36:49,006 --> 00:36:50,007 HELPS GIVES THOSE AGENCIES AT 1126 00:36:50,007 --> 00:36:51,909 THE STATE THE AUTHORITY TO DO 1127 00:36:51,909 --> 00:36:53,911 THE WORK . THAT INCLUDED THE 1128 00:36:53,911 --> 00:36:54,745 STAFF TRAINING PIECE REQUIRING 1129 00:36:54,745 --> 00:36:55,546 THAT WASHINGTON STATE EMPLOYEES 1130 00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:56,714 HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINING FROM THE 1131 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:57,548 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF NATIVE 1132 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:59,350 AFFAIRS. SOME OF OUR CITY STAFF 1133 00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:03,921 IS TAKEN THAT TRAINING AS WELL. 1134 00:37:03,921 --> 00:37:04,555 IT ALSO CODIFIED WORKAROUND 1135 00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:05,089 DESIGNATED ROLES WITHIN 1136 00:37:05,089 --> 00:37:05,957 AGENCIES. THOSE TRIBAL LIAISONS 1137 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:07,525 THAT ARE A PRIMARY POINT OF 1138 00:37:07,525 --> 00:37:14,966 CONTACT FOR HELPING AGENCY STAFF 1139 00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:15,600 AS WELL AS TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS 1140 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:16,367 ENGAGE IN ISSUES AND 1141 00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:17,201 CONSULTATION POLICIES, WHICH WAS 1142 00:37:17,201 --> 00:37:18,269 THE CODIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT HELP 1143 00:37:18,269 --> 00:37:19,437 US UNDERSTAND WHO, WHEN AND HOW 1144 00:37:19,437 --> 00:37:21,906 WE ENGAGE IN THE DISCUSSION. 1145 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:23,407 >> THAT KIND OF JUST BLOWS INTO 1146 00:37:23,407 --> 00:37:24,342 THE STAFF TRAINING TRIBAL 1147 00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:24,609 LIAISON. 1148 00:37:24,609 --> 00:37:26,010 >> VERY BELATED. 1149 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:29,447 >> I THINK IT IS REALLY CRITICAL 1150 00:37:29,447 --> 00:37:34,151 FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW AN 1151 00:37:34,151 --> 00:37:35,186 ORIGINAL AGREEMENT LED TO ANIMAL 1152 00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:38,623 CONVERSATIONS , UPDATED 1153 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:39,357 AGREEMENTS, REVISED CODE OF 1154 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:40,658 WASHINGTON, AND THEN STARTING TO 1155 00:37:40,658 --> 00:37:44,128 PERMEATE HOW STAFF ARE ON BOARD, 1156 00:37:44,128 --> 00:37:45,096 HOW THE TRIBAL LIAISONS WORK, 1157 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:50,601 AND WHAT CONSULTATION PRACTICES 1158 00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:52,036 , HOW THEY ARE CODIFIED AND HOW 1159 00:37:52,036 --> 00:37:52,937 THEY INTERACT WITH EVERYONE. 1160 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:56,140 THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME JUST 1161 00:37:56,140 --> 00:37:57,875 DIG INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE 1162 00:37:57,875 --> 00:37:58,943 DEEPLY. I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE 1163 00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:00,111 HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 1164 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:08,052 THIS . EVEN STILL, EVERY TIME WE 1165 00:38:08,052 --> 00:38:09,487 SPEAK IN DEPTH, I AM LEARNING 1166 00:38:09,487 --> 00:38:09,687 MORE. 1167 00:38:09,687 --> 00:38:10,721 >> IT'S HARD TO PUT INTO A 1168 00:38:10,721 --> 00:38:12,189 SLIDE OR A FEW SLIDES, REALLY. 1169 00:38:12,189 --> 00:38:12,857 EVERYTHING WE JUST DESCRIBED, 1170 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:14,191 TRIBAL LEADERS WILL OFTEN, 1171 00:38:14,191 --> 00:38:15,726 CHAIRMAN ALAN COINED THE TERM, 1172 00:38:15,726 --> 00:38:17,762 THAT PROGRESSION WE SHARED IS 1173 00:38:17,762 --> 00:38:19,263 EMBODIMENT OF THIS PHRASE OF HOW 1174 00:38:19,263 --> 00:38:25,469 WE KEEP AT THIS ERAS TOUR OF -- 1175 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:35,980 ITERATIVE EFFORT OVER TIME. I 1176 00:38:36,213 --> 00:38:37,682 THINK THE KEY THING TO NOTE HERE 1177 00:38:37,682 --> 00:38:38,883 IS THAT WHEN THIS EFFORT STARTED 1178 00:38:38,883 --> 00:38:40,017 IN THE EARLY '70s, IT WAS 1179 00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:40,818 ORIGINALLY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER 1180 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:41,652 AROUND IN ADVISORY COUNSEL. 1181 00:38:41,652 --> 00:38:46,590 PUBLIC ADVISORY BODY. WHAT STATE 1182 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:47,591 AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS CAME TO 1183 00:38:47,591 --> 00:38:48,826 LEARN VERY QUICKLY IS THAT THE 1184 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:49,827 FUNCTION OF A PUBLIC ADVISORY 1185 00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:50,861 BODY CANNOT SUPPLANT GOVERNMENT 1186 00:38:50,861 --> 00:38:54,598 TO GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORKS . SO 1187 00:38:54,598 --> 00:38:55,733 THAT IS SOMETHING WE LEARNED 1188 00:38:55,733 --> 00:38:57,201 EERILY ON AS A CITY. IF WE HAVE 1189 00:38:57,201 --> 00:38:58,202 A BODY LIKE THE INDIGENOUS 1190 00:38:58,202 --> 00:39:00,004 ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT CAN HOLD A 1191 00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:01,272 PLACE FOR ELECTED TRIBAL 1192 00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:02,073 LEADERSHIP, BUT CANNOT SUPPLANT 1193 00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:02,707 ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUAL 1194 00:39:02,707 --> 00:39:03,941 NATIONS AND THEIR SOVEREIGN 1195 00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:12,717 INTERESTS. IT IS A GOOD PATHWAY 1196 00:39:12,717 --> 00:39:13,951 FOR MANY TYPES OF ISSUES, BUT WE 1197 00:39:13,951 --> 00:39:15,319 MUST ALSO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT TO 1198 00:39:15,319 --> 00:39:16,153 GOVERNMENT PATHWAY. SO WHEN 1199 00:39:16,153 --> 00:39:16,754 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ BROUGHT 1200 00:39:16,754 --> 00:39:17,888 THIS WORKFORCE TO THE CITY IN 1201 00:39:17,888 --> 00:39:19,323 2020 AND 2021, IT WAS ABOUT 1202 00:39:19,323 --> 00:39:20,057 REVITALIZING BOTH CHANNELS AND 1203 00:39:20,057 --> 00:39:20,891 PATHWAYS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 1204 00:39:20,891 --> 00:39:31,435 LARGELY BECAUSE WE HAVE LEARNED 1205 00:39:31,602 --> 00:39:33,204 THIS AT A STATE LEVEL. YOU NEED 1206 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:34,171 BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. SO THEN, 1207 00:39:34,171 --> 00:39:35,172 SUBSEQUENTLY, A FEW YEARS LATER 1208 00:39:35,172 --> 00:39:36,540 THEY DECIDED TO SPIT OUT TO THE 1209 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:37,274 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN 1210 00:39:37,274 --> 00:39:38,542 AFFAIRS. THIS ALL STARTED AT AN 1211 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:39,343 EXECUTIVE LEVEL UNTIL, REALLY, 1212 00:39:39,343 --> 00:39:40,611 IN RECENT TIMES WHEN WE STARTED 1213 00:39:40,611 --> 00:39:41,979 TO SEE IT CODIFIED IN THE EARLY 1214 00:39:41,979 --> 00:39:43,581 2000s. JUST THIS PAST SESSION, 1215 00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:46,083 GOVERNOR FERGUSON CODIFIED THE 1216 00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:46,917 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN 1217 00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:51,822 AFFAIRS INTO THE STATE CODE AND 1218 00:39:51,822 --> 00:39:52,790 ELEVATED THE POSITION TO A 1219 00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:53,657 CABINET LEVEL POSITION. SO 1220 00:39:53,657 --> 00:39:54,558 REALLY KIND OF CREATING THAT 1221 00:39:54,558 --> 00:39:56,026 DURABILITY. THAT HAS TAKEN QUITE 1222 00:39:56,026 --> 00:39:58,095 SOME TIME. 1223 00:39:58,095 --> 00:40:00,264 >> 54 YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE 1224 00:40:00,264 --> 00:40:04,435 ARE TODAY. I THINK WHAT IS NOT 1225 00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:05,669 SHOWN ON THE SLIDE IS HOW THIS 1226 00:40:05,669 --> 00:40:16,213 PROCESS AT THE STATE LEVEL HAS 1227 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:23,287 HELPED US HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL 1228 00:40:23,287 --> 00:40:24,488 TO START MIRRORING IT. I HOPE IT 1229 00:40:24,488 --> 00:40:26,457 DOES NOT TAKE US 50 YEARS TO 1230 00:40:26,457 --> 00:40:27,458 CATCH UP JUST TO WHERE THE STATE 1231 00:40:27,458 --> 00:40:28,759 IS. I KNOW YOUR GOOD WORK IS 1232 00:40:28,759 --> 00:40:29,794 HELPING US GET THERE FASTER. 1233 00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:31,228 >> LOTS OF LESSONS TO BE LEARNED 1234 00:40:31,228 --> 00:40:32,296 FROM OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT 1235 00:40:32,296 --> 00:40:33,297 THAT HAVE REMAINED COMMITTED TO 1236 00:40:33,297 --> 00:40:34,565 THIS WORK AND THE ADVICE THAT 1237 00:40:34,565 --> 00:40:35,599 TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE BEEN SHARING 1238 00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:36,567 WITH GOVERNMENTS FOR A LONG 1239 00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:38,135 TIME. I THINK THAT BRINGS US 1240 00:40:38,135 --> 00:40:39,069 WELL INTO HOW THE CITY OF 1241 00:40:39,069 --> 00:40:40,404 SEATTLE HAS APPROACHED THIS 1242 00:40:40,404 --> 00:40:43,407 WORK. THIS IS MORE OF A 1243 00:40:43,407 --> 00:40:44,275 CONTEMPORARY FLIGHT ABOUT HOW I 1244 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:45,276 SHARE ABOUT TRIBAL AND URBAN 1245 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:46,143 NATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE 1246 00:40:46,143 --> 00:40:47,645 CITY. I OFTEN THINK OF THINGS IN 1247 00:40:47,645 --> 00:40:49,046 THESE THREE PATHWAYS ARE 1248 00:40:49,046 --> 00:40:51,849 BUCKETS. THE WORK CAME UP A LOT 1249 00:40:51,849 --> 00:40:52,850 OF DIFFERENT WAYS DEPENDING ON 1250 00:40:52,850 --> 00:40:53,918 THE PROJECT DEPARTMENT, BUT WE 1251 00:40:53,918 --> 00:40:55,619 DO TRY TO LOOK THROUGH A LENS OF 1252 00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:57,054 EVERY OPPORTUNITY HERE IN LOCAL 1253 00:40:57,054 --> 00:41:05,663 GOVERNMENT, IS THERE APPROPRIATE 1254 00:41:05,663 --> 00:41:06,330 PATHWAYS FOR GOVERNMENT TO 1255 00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:07,465 GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT WITH 1256 00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:08,132 RECOGNITION OF TRIBES AND THEIR 1257 00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:08,799 INTERESTS, INDIGENOUS ADVISORY 1258 00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:10,167 COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN 1259 00:41:10,167 --> 00:41:10,768 THOSE INDIGENOUS PRIORITIES, 1260 00:41:10,768 --> 00:41:11,402 VALUES AND PRIORITIES INTO 1261 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:12,236 HIGH-LEVEL CITY DOCUMENTS AND 1262 00:41:12,236 --> 00:41:13,904 ADVISE ON DIFFERENT ISSUES, AS 1263 00:41:13,904 --> 00:41:19,810 WELL AS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY 1264 00:41:19,810 --> 00:41:20,578 ENGAGEMENT? WE HAVE RESIDENTS, 1265 00:41:20,578 --> 00:41:21,212 ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY 1266 00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:21,846 INTEREST GROUPS THAT ALL 1267 00:41:21,846 --> 00:41:22,813 REPRESENT OUR DIVERSE RANGE OF 1268 00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:23,848 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE IN THE 1269 00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:25,149 CITY, AND THAT IS ALSO AN 1270 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:30,788 IMPORTANT ARM OF WHAT WE DO. THE 1271 00:41:30,788 --> 00:41:31,422 GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT 1272 00:41:31,422 --> 00:41:32,890 SPECIFIC WORK HERE AT THE CITY 1273 00:41:32,890 --> 00:41:34,225 HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 25 1274 00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:38,162 YEARS IN A FEW DIFFERENT 1275 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,263 ITERATIONS. I FEATURED SOME OF 1276 00:41:39,263 --> 00:41:40,431 THE KEY MILESTONES FOR YOU HERE. 1277 00:41:40,431 --> 00:41:42,299 IN 2000, THE TULALIP SIGNED AND 1278 00:41:42,299 --> 00:41:52,843 MOU WITH THE MAYOR. THAT WAS THE 1279 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:06,090 FIRST GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT 1280 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:07,591 AGREEMENT. SO AGAIN, LIKE 1281 00:42:07,591 --> 00:42:08,158 CENTENNIAL ACCORD, IT IS A 1282 00:42:08,158 --> 00:42:08,792 NONBINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN A 1283 00:42:08,792 --> 00:42:09,393 TRIBAL NATION AND THE CITY 1284 00:42:09,393 --> 00:42:10,995 GOVERNMENT, BUT IT WAS OUR FIRST 1285 00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:11,896 TIME KIND OF GOING THROUGH THAT 1286 00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:12,963 PRACTICE. FOUR YEARS LATER, IT 1287 00:42:12,963 --> 00:42:14,298 WAS RE-UPPED IN A FEW OTHER 1288 00:42:14,298 --> 00:42:15,232 TRIBES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT 1289 00:42:15,232 --> 00:42:16,033 PROCESS OF SIGNING INDIVIDUAL 1290 00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:17,301 MOUs. YOU CAN SEE MARY NICHOLS 1291 00:42:17,301 --> 00:42:18,969 IN THE TOP PHOTO SIGNING -- AT A 1292 00:42:18,969 --> 00:42:19,770 SIGNING CEREMONY WITH CHAIRMAN 1293 00:42:19,770 --> 00:42:21,138 OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY 1294 00:42:21,138 --> 00:42:22,439 2000. THE MOUs ARE STILL IN 1295 00:42:22,439 --> 00:42:24,174 EFFECT AND WERE LATER ADDED TO 1296 00:42:24,174 --> 00:42:28,412 2017. IN 2023 AND 23 FIVE, 1297 00:42:28,412 --> 00:42:29,380 YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE 1298 00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:30,281 TRIBAL NATIONS SUMMIT WORK. THAT 1299 00:42:30,281 --> 00:42:31,715 WAS THE NEXT ITERATION KNOWING 1300 00:42:31,715 --> 00:42:33,317 THAT A WRITTEN DOCUMENT CAN ONLY 1301 00:42:33,317 --> 00:42:34,718 CARRY US SO FAR. WE HAVE TO 1302 00:42:34,718 --> 00:42:37,254 BUILD OUR MUSCLE. THE SUMMIT 1303 00:42:37,254 --> 00:42:38,055 REALLY HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT 1304 00:42:38,055 --> 00:42:39,256 FRAMEWORK FOR US TO DO THAT 1305 00:42:39,256 --> 00:42:39,456 WORK. 1306 00:42:39,456 --> 00:42:42,226 >> THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT 1307 00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:43,727 SLIDE FOR ME, COLLEAGUES, 1308 00:42:43,727 --> 00:42:47,264 BECAUSE WHEN COUNSEL PRESIDENT 1309 00:42:47,264 --> 00:42:48,332 JUAREZ TASKED ME WITH KEEPING 1310 00:42:48,332 --> 00:42:49,934 THIS WORK GOING , THERE WAS A 1311 00:42:49,934 --> 00:42:53,304 LOT THAT FRANCESCA AND I WERE 1312 00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:54,972 TRYING TO UNCOVER AS FAR AS THE 1313 00:42:54,972 --> 00:42:56,807 FOUNDATION IN WHICH WE WERE 1314 00:42:56,807 --> 00:42:59,810 STARTING FROM. OUR CITY HAS HAD 1315 00:42:59,810 --> 00:43:05,349 A HISTORY OF DESIRING ENGAGEMENT 1316 00:43:05,349 --> 00:43:06,650 , BUT NOT HAVING THE DURABILITY 1317 00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:08,152 AND THE LIVING ASPECTS TO IT. I 1318 00:43:08,152 --> 00:43:09,753 THINK THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT 1319 00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:11,989 ASPECT THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 1320 00:43:11,989 --> 00:43:13,190 BROUGHT IN WITH THE TRIBAL 1321 00:43:13,190 --> 00:43:19,163 NATIONS SUMMIT. AND SO, EVEN IN 1322 00:43:19,163 --> 00:43:20,064 OUR GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT 1323 00:43:20,064 --> 00:43:20,698 CONSULTATION THAT FRANCESCA AND 1324 00:43:20,698 --> 00:43:21,865 I HAVE DONE WITH FEDERALLY 1325 00:43:21,865 --> 00:43:24,335 RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN OUR AREA, 1326 00:43:24,335 --> 00:43:25,536 THERE WAS A LACK OF 1327 00:43:25,536 --> 00:43:26,904 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE MOUs 1328 00:43:26,904 --> 00:43:28,906 WERE FOR OR WHAT THEY DO OR WHY 1329 00:43:28,906 --> 00:43:30,474 WE WOULD NEED TO UPDATE THEM IF 1330 00:43:30,474 --> 00:43:31,375 WE WEREN'T USING THEM. I JUST 1331 00:43:31,375 --> 00:43:34,678 TAKE THAT MOMENT TO SET US IN 1332 00:43:34,678 --> 00:43:36,680 THE PLACE OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY 1333 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,349 SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER 1334 00:43:38,349 --> 00:43:40,718 PREPARED TO MAKE THESE -- THIS A 1335 00:43:40,718 --> 00:43:44,355 LIVING AND DURABLE EXPERIENCE. 1336 00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:45,556 DID YOU HAVE ANY REFLECTIONS 1337 00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:53,664 FROM UNCOVERING THESE MOUs AND 1338 00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:54,798 WHAT THEY MEAN TODAY OR WHAT 1339 00:43:54,798 --> 00:43:55,933 THEY MEANT IN THE PAST? 1340 00:43:55,933 --> 00:43:57,167 >> THEY CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTANT 1341 00:43:57,167 --> 00:43:57,935 GUIDING DOCUMENTS. THEY HELP 1342 00:43:57,935 --> 00:44:03,407 BUILD THE CITY'S BODY OF 1343 00:44:03,407 --> 00:44:04,241 EVIDENCE AROUND THE CRITICAL 1344 00:44:04,241 --> 00:44:04,842 IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT TO 1345 00:44:04,842 --> 00:44:05,676 GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS, AND I 1346 00:44:05,676 --> 00:44:07,144 THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 1347 00:44:07,144 --> 00:44:08,012 OPPORTUNITIES TO REVISIT HOW 1348 00:44:08,012 --> 00:44:08,946 THEY COULD BE REVAMPED OR OTHER 1349 00:44:08,946 --> 00:44:11,615 SIMILAR TYPES OF POLICY TOOLS 1350 00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:12,783 COULD BE USED TO CONVEY THE SAME 1351 00:44:12,783 --> 00:44:16,987 TYPE OF HIGH-LEVEL EXECUTIVE 1352 00:44:16,987 --> 00:44:17,855 LEVEL PRIORITY SHARING OF OUR 1353 00:44:17,855 --> 00:44:19,256 VALUES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE 1354 00:44:19,256 --> 00:44:25,429 WORK . AND THEN, THINGS LIKE THE 1355 00:44:25,429 --> 00:44:26,430 SUMMIT AND THE GATHERINGS AND 1356 00:44:26,430 --> 00:44:27,865 ALL THE WORK YOU ARE ALL ARE 1357 00:44:27,865 --> 00:44:28,766 FAMILIAR WITH THROUGH OUR 1358 00:44:28,766 --> 00:44:30,467 BRIEFINGS, THAT IS THE IMPORTANT 1359 00:44:30,467 --> 00:44:31,969 PROCESS THAT WE CONTINUE TO 1360 00:44:31,969 --> 00:44:33,270 BUILD AS CITY STAFF. THE TRIBAL 1361 00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:34,204 SUMMIT REPORTS HAVE BEEN ANOTHER 1362 00:44:34,204 --> 00:44:35,606 CRITICAL PIECE OF THE CITY 1363 00:44:35,606 --> 00:44:45,282 MAKING EXTERNALLY VISIBLE 1364 00:44:45,282 --> 00:44:46,083 COMMITMENTS, AND THEN REPORTING 1365 00:44:46,083 --> 00:44:47,584 OUT ON OUR PROGRESS. THAT WAS 1366 00:44:47,584 --> 00:44:48,352 SOMETHING WE BUILT INTO THE 1367 00:44:48,352 --> 00:44:49,153 ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK. WHEN FORMER 1368 00:44:49,153 --> 00:44:49,720 TRIBAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR 1369 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:50,654 VISITED TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN 1370 00:44:50,654 --> 00:44:51,522 2021 AND 2022, THE PRIMARY 1371 00:44:51,522 --> 00:44:59,163 FEEDBACK WAS THAT WE CAN'T MEET 1372 00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:00,297 TO MEET, WE HAVE TO CREATE 1373 00:45:00,297 --> 00:45:01,298 MEANINGFUL WORK TOGETHER AND BE 1374 00:45:01,298 --> 00:45:02,299 ACCOUNTABLE TO EACH OTHER. IT 1375 00:45:02,299 --> 00:45:03,634 WAS IMPORTANT IF WE WERE GOING 1376 00:45:03,634 --> 00:45:05,536 TO GO DOWN THIS PATH THAT WE 1377 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:06,236 CONTINUE TO BUILD MECHANISMS TO 1378 00:45:06,236 --> 00:45:07,738 MAKE IT IMPACTFUL. WE HOPE WE'RE 1379 00:45:07,738 --> 00:45:18,282 MAKING GOOD ON THAT EFFORT. IT 1380 00:45:23,921 --> 00:45:25,189 IS A LONG AND ITERATIVE PROCESS. 1381 00:45:25,189 --> 00:45:26,657 I WILL FEATURE FOR YOU A COUPLE 1382 00:45:26,657 --> 00:45:27,324 OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THESE 1383 00:45:27,324 --> 00:45:28,625 MOUs. THEY ARE ALL TAILORED TO 1384 00:45:28,625 --> 00:45:29,426 INDIVIDUAL TRIBES, BUT THEIR 1385 00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:30,360 PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO AFFIRM 1386 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:30,928 GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT 1387 00:45:30,928 --> 00:45:31,562 RELATIONSHIP. IT IDENTIFIES 1388 00:45:31,562 --> 00:45:39,570 GOALS, LIKE RESPECTING TRIBAL 1389 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:40,137 SOVEREIGNTY, ENHANCING AND 1390 00:45:40,137 --> 00:45:40,938 IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND A 1391 00:45:40,938 --> 00:45:41,572 PROCESS FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION. 1392 00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:42,439 IT ALSO ADDS A FEW 1393 00:45:42,439 --> 00:45:43,040 IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES, 1394 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:44,007 PRIMARILY THROUGH THE TOOLS AND 1395 00:45:44,007 --> 00:45:44,641 INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE OF 1396 00:45:44,641 --> 00:45:45,342 DESIGNATED ELECTED OFFICIALS OR 1397 00:45:45,342 --> 00:45:46,410 THEIR DESIGNEES AND HOW WE WOULD 1398 00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:47,711 GO ABOUT CONVENING A MEETING 1399 00:45:47,711 --> 00:45:48,312 AROUND AN ISSUE DISCUSSING 1400 00:45:48,312 --> 00:45:48,946 DECISION-MAKING AND IDENTIFYING 1401 00:45:48,946 --> 00:45:49,913 DISPUTE RESOLUTION. IT IS ALWAYS 1402 00:45:49,913 --> 00:45:50,948 IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IN THIS 1403 00:45:50,948 --> 00:45:52,282 WORK AS INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENTS 1404 00:45:52,282 --> 00:45:53,650 DISPUTE IS A NATURAL PROCESS. 1405 00:45:53,650 --> 00:45:55,452 CONFLICT CAN BE A NATURAL 1406 00:45:55,452 --> 00:45:57,521 PROCESS. BUT HAVING THESE TYPES 1407 00:45:57,521 --> 00:46:00,190 OF TOOLS AND PROCESS CAN HELP US 1408 00:46:00,190 --> 00:46:03,060 TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. WITH 1409 00:46:03,060 --> 00:46:07,131 THAT, THAT IS OUR PRIMARY 1410 00:46:07,131 --> 00:46:08,532 FEATURE FOR TODAY. I KNOW YOU 1411 00:46:08,532 --> 00:46:09,533 HAVE A VERY BUSY AGENDA. BUT 1412 00:46:09,533 --> 00:46:11,168 HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS. 1413 00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:12,970 >> ON THE LAST SLIDE, POP QUIZ 1414 00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:17,040 FOR ANYONE . I WILL BUY YOU A 1415 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:24,715 COFFEE AT CITY GRIND IF YOU CAN 1416 00:46:24,715 --> 00:46:25,849 TELL ME THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 1417 00:46:25,849 --> 00:46:27,217 EITHER OF THESE TWO PHOTOS. THAT 1418 00:46:27,217 --> 00:46:28,118 GOES TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES BY THE 1419 00:46:28,118 --> 00:46:32,456 END OF TODAY. NOT A MOMENT , YOU 1420 00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:33,524 DON'T NEED TO PIPE UP RIGHT 1421 00:46:33,524 --> 00:46:34,525 NOW, BUT WHAT IS THE 1422 00:46:34,525 --> 00:46:36,226 SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH OF THESE 1423 00:46:36,226 --> 00:46:37,795 PHOTOS? COLLEAGUES, BEFORE I 1424 00:46:37,795 --> 00:46:39,530 WRAP THIS UP, I WANT TO CHECK IN 1425 00:46:39,530 --> 00:46:40,731 TO SEE IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS, 1426 00:46:40,731 --> 00:46:45,202 COMMENTS OR DIALOGUE , BECAUSE 1427 00:46:45,202 --> 00:46:46,703 -- AND I WILL PREP FRANCESCA TO 1428 00:46:46,703 --> 00:46:48,005 SHARE WITH US THE BACKGROUND OF 1429 00:46:48,005 --> 00:46:49,173 THE GENTLEMAN THAT IS COMING TO 1430 00:46:49,173 --> 00:46:50,374 OUR COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH WHO IS 1431 00:46:50,374 --> 00:46:52,442 A TRAINER FROM THE STATE ON THE 1432 00:46:52,442 --> 00:47:02,953 CENTENNIAL ACCORD AND HOW TO 1433 00:47:04,621 --> 00:47:05,689 PARTICIPATE AND HOW IT IS 1434 00:47:05,689 --> 00:47:06,924 WORKING. IF YOU CAN GIVE THAT 1435 00:47:06,924 --> 00:47:08,058 BRIEF UPDATE FOR OUR NEXT 1436 00:47:08,058 --> 00:47:09,293 MEETING, AND THEN I WILL TURN IT 1437 00:47:09,293 --> 00:47:10,294 OVER, COLLEAGUES. NOW IS A 1438 00:47:10,294 --> 00:47:11,495 CHANCE FOR US TO START DIGGING 1439 00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:12,729 INTO THE WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHEN 1440 00:47:12,729 --> 00:47:13,931 AND HOW BEFORE WE HAVE SOMEBODY 1441 00:47:13,931 --> 00:47:23,407 REALLY SMART BEFORE US -- WE CAN 1442 00:47:23,407 --> 00:47:24,842 LOOK A LITTLE DUMB, BUT NOT TOO 1443 00:47:24,842 --> 00:47:25,609 STUPID. OVER TO YOU, FRANCESCA. 1444 00:47:25,742 --> 00:47:26,810 >> WE HAVE EXTENDED AN 1445 00:47:26,810 --> 00:47:27,678 INVITATION TO GORDON JAMES OF 1446 00:47:27,678 --> 00:47:28,679 THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN 1447 00:47:28,679 --> 00:47:30,113 AFFAIRS. GORDON LITERALLY WROTE 1448 00:47:30,113 --> 00:47:30,781 THE CURRICULUM FOR THE STATE OF 1449 00:47:30,781 --> 00:47:31,815 WASHINGTON ON MUCH OF THE 1450 00:47:31,815 --> 00:47:32,382 GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT 1451 00:47:32,382 --> 00:47:33,450 BACKGROUND THAT IS TRAINED ON 1452 00:47:33,450 --> 00:47:35,018 FOR ALL STATE AGENCY EMPLOYEES . 1453 00:47:35,018 --> 00:47:36,086 GORDON PROVIDED THE TRAINING TO 1454 00:47:36,086 --> 00:47:37,754 OUR CITY STAFF AS WELL. HE IS A 1455 00:47:37,754 --> 00:47:38,722 FORMER ELECTED LEADER AND HAS 1456 00:47:38,722 --> 00:47:42,292 SPENT MANY YEARS AS A LEADER IN 1457 00:47:42,292 --> 00:47:50,567 HIS COMMUNITY AND AMONGST STATE 1458 00:47:50,567 --> 00:47:51,468 POLICY WORK AROUND THESE ISSUES. 1459 00:47:51,468 --> 00:47:53,036 WE ARE EXCITED HE IS WILLING TO 1460 00:47:53,036 --> 00:47:53,737 COME AND CONTINUE THE 1461 00:47:53,737 --> 00:47:54,938 DISCUSSION. HE HAS A LOT OF 1462 00:47:54,938 --> 00:48:05,449 LEADERSHIP AND INVESTMENT IN 1463 00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:06,149 HELPING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 1464 00:48:06,149 --> 00:48:07,651 CONCEPTUALIZE HOW THIS WORK CAN 1465 00:48:07,651 --> 00:48:08,652 LOOK AT AT A LOCAL LEVEL, CITIES 1466 00:48:08,652 --> 00:48:09,486 AND COUNTIES. 1467 00:48:09,486 --> 00:48:10,320 >> REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU FOR 1468 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:11,722 LINING HIM UP TO COME AND SPEAK 1469 00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:13,223 WITH US. THIS IS A REALLY BIG 1470 00:48:13,223 --> 00:48:14,024 DEAL. CALLINGS, ANY QUESTIONS, 1471 00:48:14,024 --> 00:48:14,925 COMMENTS OR DIALOGUE AT THIS 1472 00:48:14,925 --> 00:48:15,759 TIME? FANTASTIC. SEEING NOTHING 1473 00:48:15,759 --> 00:48:17,160 FURTHER AT THIS TIME. I WANT TO 1474 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:18,795 THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR COMING 1475 00:48:18,795 --> 00:48:20,030 DOWN. THIS WAS A REALLY 1476 00:48:20,030 --> 00:48:20,931 WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, ONE I 1477 00:48:20,931 --> 00:48:22,132 HAVE BEEN PINING FOR FOR QUITE 1478 00:48:22,132 --> 00:48:24,001 SOME TIME. I AM EXCITED THAT THE 1479 00:48:24,001 --> 00:48:33,243 COMPLEMENT IS FOR YOU, 1480 00:48:33,243 --> 00:48:34,177 FRANCESCA, FOR HELPING RESTART 1481 00:48:34,177 --> 00:48:35,646 WHAT HAD BEEN A BIT OF A STALLED 1482 00:48:35,646 --> 00:48:36,446 OUT PROCESS INTO BECOMING CLOSER 1483 00:48:36,446 --> 00:48:37,648 TO BEING THAT LIVING AND DURABLE 1484 00:48:37,648 --> 00:48:46,556 DOCUMENT. THAT IS THE NORTHSTAR 1485 00:48:46,556 --> 00:48:48,759 I ENDEAVOR TO SEEK WITH YOU SO 1486 00:48:48,759 --> 00:48:50,460 WE ARE ABLE TO HABITUAL LIES THE 1487 00:48:50,460 --> 00:48:51,028 PRACTICES OF CONSULTATION, 1488 00:48:51,028 --> 00:48:51,695 COMMUNICATION AND WORK TOGETHER 1489 00:48:51,695 --> 00:48:52,763 SO WE ARE NOT JUST MEETING TO 1490 00:48:52,763 --> 00:48:54,164 MEET EVERY TIME WE MEET THERE IS 1491 00:48:54,164 --> 00:49:01,571 A REALLY GREAT UPDATE. 1492 00:49:01,571 --> 00:49:02,739 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. IT TAKES 1493 00:49:02,739 --> 00:49:04,241 ALL OF US DOING THIS WORK 1494 00:49:04,241 --> 00:49:04,942 TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1495 00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:05,208 SUPPORT. 1496 00:49:05,208 --> 00:49:06,476 >> WONDERFUL. WE WILL SEE YOU 1497 00:49:06,476 --> 00:49:07,844 NEXT MONTH. UNTIL THEN, WE WILL 1498 00:49:07,844 --> 00:49:09,279 TAKE UP THREE PRETTY BIG BILLS 1499 00:49:09,279 --> 00:49:10,580 RIGHT AWAY. THE CLERK COULD READ 1500 00:49:10,580 --> 00:49:11,682 ITEM 1, WHICH IS THE SECOND 1501 00:49:11,682 --> 00:49:12,883 ORDER OF BUSINESS, THE SHORT 1502 00:49:12,883 --> 00:49:13,984 TITLE UNDER THE RECORD. WE WILL 1503 00:49:13,984 --> 00:49:15,419 HAVE PRESENTERS COME ON UP. 1504 00:49:15,419 --> 00:49:25,696 >> COUNCIL BILL 121184, 1505 00:49:25,696 --> 00:49:26,330 ORDINANCE RELATING TO LEASES, 1506 00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:27,297 EXPANDING THE DIRECTOR OF 1507 00:49:27,297 --> 00:49:27,931 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 1508 00:49:27,931 --> 00:49:28,632 SERVICES' AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE 1509 00:49:28,632 --> 00:49:30,067 LEASES WHEN THE LAND IS USED FOR 1510 00:49:30,067 --> 00:49:30,834 TRANSITIONAL IN CAMERA PURPOSES 1511 00:49:30,834 --> 00:49:31,568 FOR BREATHING, DISCUSSION OF 1512 00:49:31,568 --> 00:49:32,402 POSSIBLE VOTE. PRESENTERS ARE 1513 00:49:32,402 --> 00:49:33,470 CITY BUDGET OFFICE, DIRECTOR OF 1514 00:49:33,470 --> 00:49:34,504 POLICY AND INNOVATION AND THE 1515 00:49:34,504 --> 00:49:39,376 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND COUNCIL 1516 00:49:39,376 --> 00:49:39,810 CENTRAL STAFF. 1517 00:49:39,810 --> 00:49:41,144 >> WONDERFUL. GREAT TO SEE ALL. 1518 00:49:41,144 --> 00:49:42,145 COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE THREE MORE 1519 00:49:42,145 --> 00:49:43,613 BILLS BEFORE US TODAY. THE FAS 1520 00:49:43,613 --> 00:49:50,454 DIRECTOR SIGNING AUTHORITY, 1521 00:49:50,454 --> 00:49:51,788 WHICH AT THE LAST COMMITTEE WAS 1522 00:49:51,788 --> 00:49:52,389 PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE 1523 00:49:52,389 --> 00:49:53,390 FOLLOWING ITEM OF BUSINESS IS 1524 00:49:53,390 --> 00:49:54,524 THE BUDGET ACTION, WHICH I THINK 1525 00:49:54,524 --> 00:49:57,794 IS THE BIG ISSUE OF TODAY , 1526 00:49:57,794 --> 00:49:58,462 FOLLOWED BY OUR GRANT 1527 00:49:58,462 --> 00:49:59,496 ACCEPTANCE, WHICH I HOPE 1528 00:49:59,496 --> 00:50:00,630 EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO 1529 00:50:00,630 --> 00:50:02,933 REVIEW. I WILL SAVE MY COMMENTS 1530 00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:04,334 FOR THAT MOMENT LATER. WITH 1531 00:50:04,334 --> 00:50:11,074 THAT, WE HAVE THE FAS DIRECTORS 1532 00:50:11,074 --> 00:50:12,609 SIGNING AUTHORITY BILL BEFORE 1533 00:50:12,609 --> 00:50:14,511 US. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO -- I 1534 00:50:14,511 --> 00:50:22,586 DON'T KNOW -- I WILL PASS IT TO 1535 00:50:22,586 --> 00:50:23,954 TRACI, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, 1536 00:50:23,954 --> 00:50:24,955 WHO IS STEPPING IN FOR JENNIFER, 1537 00:50:24,955 --> 00:50:26,590 WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK 1538 00:50:26,590 --> 00:50:34,431 FOR US. OVER TO YOU, TRACI. 1539 00:50:34,431 --> 00:50:35,165 >> I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY GO 1540 00:50:35,165 --> 00:50:35,932 THROUGH DESCRIBING BOTH BILLS 1541 00:50:35,932 --> 00:50:37,200 QUICKLY. AND THAT, IF YOU HAVE 1542 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:38,168 QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, 1543 00:50:38,168 --> 00:50:40,036 I WILL TURN TO OUR EXECUTIVE 1544 00:50:40,036 --> 00:50:42,472 PARTNERS . I HAVE FOLLOWED SOME 1545 00:50:42,472 --> 00:50:43,473 OF THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION 1546 00:50:43,473 --> 00:50:44,975 QUITE A BIT WITH JEN. I KNOW 1547 00:50:44,975 --> 00:50:46,209 SOME THINGS I CAN ANSWER TOO. 1548 00:50:46,209 --> 00:50:47,344 THE FIRST BILL IS COUNCIL BILL 1549 00:50:47,344 --> 00:50:48,545 121184 THAT WOULD EXPAND THE 1550 00:50:48,545 --> 00:50:49,212 LEASING AUTHORITY OF THE 1551 00:50:49,212 --> 00:50:50,580 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND 1552 00:50:50,580 --> 00:51:01,057 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR 1553 00:51:04,361 --> 00:51:05,595 LANDS USED SPECIFICALLY FOR 1554 00:51:05,595 --> 00:51:06,229 TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS. UNDER 1555 00:51:06,229 --> 00:51:07,397 THE EXISTING CODE, THE FAS 1556 00:51:07,397 --> 00:51:07,998 DIRECTOR IS PROHIBITED FROM 1557 00:51:07,998 --> 00:51:08,765 SIGNING A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A 1558 00:51:08,765 --> 00:51:09,533 SIGNAL BUILDING, STRUCTURE OR 1559 00:51:09,533 --> 00:51:10,467 OTHER FACILITY OF THE LAND 1560 00:51:10,467 --> 00:51:11,468 EXCEEDS 18,000 SQUARE FEET. THE 1561 00:51:11,468 --> 00:51:12,035 PROPOSED LEGISLATION WILL 1562 00:51:12,035 --> 00:51:12,836 INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE 1563 00:51:12,836 --> 00:51:14,137 LIMIT TO 65,000 SQUARE FEET. IN 1564 00:51:14,137 --> 00:51:15,105 ADDITION, THE CURRENT CODE CAPS 1565 00:51:15,105 --> 00:51:16,339 THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT THAT 1566 00:51:16,339 --> 00:51:17,808 CAN BE PAID FOR LEASES AT $9.50 1567 00:51:17,808 --> 00:51:18,775 PER SQUARE FOOT. THE PROPOSED 1568 00:51:18,775 --> 00:51:19,943 LEGISLATION WILL ALLOW THE FAS 1569 00:51:19,943 --> 00:51:21,244 DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE A PRICE 1570 00:51:21,244 --> 00:51:22,012 PER SQUARE FOOT CONSISTENT WITH 1571 00:51:22,012 --> 00:51:23,146 MARKET RATE. THE EXECUTIVE HAS 1572 00:51:23,146 --> 00:51:24,047 STATED THEY BELIEVE THE MARKET 1573 00:51:24,047 --> 00:51:25,282 PRICES ARE CURRENTLY RANGING 1574 00:51:25,282 --> 00:51:31,922 FROM PER SQUARE FOOT. THERE ARE 1575 00:51:31,922 --> 00:51:32,923 NO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THIS 1576 00:51:32,923 --> 00:51:33,256 LEGISLATION. 1577 00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:34,691 >> FANTASTIC. WANT TO TURN IT 1578 00:51:34,691 --> 00:51:37,160 OVER -- ANY QUESTIONS OFF THE 1579 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,763 BAT? I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 1580 00:51:39,763 --> 00:51:46,269 DIRECTOR. IF YOU HAVE A 1581 00:51:46,269 --> 00:51:47,571 PRESENTATION, WHICH I SEE ON THE 1582 00:51:47,571 --> 00:51:48,772 AGENDA, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME 1583 00:51:48,772 --> 00:51:54,211 TO BRING THAT UP. 1584 00:51:54,211 --> 00:51:55,312 >> WE HAVE NO NEW PRESENTATION, 1585 00:51:55,312 --> 00:51:56,546 BUT I CAN PULL UP THE 1586 00:51:56,546 --> 00:51:57,781 PRESENTATION I GAVE AT THE LAST 1587 00:51:57,781 --> 00:51:58,748 COUNCIL BRIEFING IF YOU WOULD 1588 00:51:58,748 --> 00:52:01,117 LIKE TO SEE THAT. 1589 00:52:07,190 --> 00:52:08,158 >> YOU DO NOT HAVE A 1590 00:52:08,158 --> 00:52:09,392 PRESENTATION THAT IS ABOUT THIS 1591 00:52:09,392 --> 00:52:19,503 BILL. 1592 00:52:22,539 --> 00:52:24,207 >> IT IS THE PRESENTATION WE 1593 00:52:24,207 --> 00:52:25,008 PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY. I AM HAPPY 1594 00:52:25,008 --> 00:52:26,276 TO PULL THAT UP AND REVIEW IT 1595 00:52:26,276 --> 00:52:26,977 AGAIN. 1596 00:52:26,977 --> 00:52:28,411 >> CORRECT. IT IS NOT ABOUT THIS 1597 00:52:28,411 --> 00:52:29,613 BILL SPECIFICALLY . IT IS ABOUT 1598 00:52:29,613 --> 00:52:30,580 EVERYTHING ELSE. 1599 00:52:30,580 --> 00:52:31,481 >> YEAH. 1600 00:52:31,481 --> 00:52:33,650 >> -- NO . IT IS ABOUT THIS BILL 1601 00:52:33,650 --> 00:52:36,353 SPECIFICALLY. 1602 00:52:36,353 --> 00:52:44,628 >> I SEE IT. SORRY. I'M GETTING 1603 00:52:44,628 --> 00:52:46,396 MIXED UP WITH ALL OF THE SLIDES 1604 00:52:46,396 --> 00:52:47,197 THAT APPEAR IN ALL OF YOUR 1605 00:52:47,197 --> 00:52:48,598 PRESENTATIONS. I THINK IF YOU 1606 00:52:48,598 --> 00:52:50,367 WANTED TO FOCUS ON EITHER -- IF 1607 00:52:50,367 --> 00:52:51,468 YOU WANT TO WALK US THROUGH 1608 00:52:51,468 --> 00:52:53,336 THIS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I 1609 00:52:53,336 --> 00:52:54,571 AM SEEING THIS IS STARTING TO 1610 00:52:54,571 --> 00:52:55,572 CAUSE A LITTLE BIT MORE 1611 00:52:55,572 --> 00:52:55,872 CONFUSION. 1612 00:52:55,872 --> 00:52:58,008 >> IT'S RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU. 1613 00:52:58,008 --> 00:53:08,518 >> SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. I 1614 00:53:10,153 --> 00:53:11,021 THINK WE WERE EXPECTING JUST TO 1615 00:53:11,021 --> 00:53:12,055 ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE ARE HAPPY 1616 00:53:12,055 --> 00:53:13,156 TO WALK BACK THROUGH THE INTRO 1617 00:53:13,156 --> 00:53:13,990 PRESENTATIONS WE PRESENTED AT 1618 00:53:13,990 --> 00:53:15,358 THE LAST COMMITTEE. IT JUST TOOK 1619 00:53:15,358 --> 00:53:17,294 ME A MINUTE TO GET IT UP ON THE 1620 00:53:17,294 --> 00:53:17,928 SCREEN. THANKS FOR YOUR 1621 00:53:17,928 --> 00:53:18,195 PATIENCE. 1622 00:53:18,195 --> 00:53:18,528 >> OKAY. 1623 00:53:18,528 --> 00:53:19,963 >> THANK YOU. THIS BILL SOLVES A 1624 00:53:19,963 --> 00:53:22,632 PRIMARY ISSUE OF EXPEDITING WHEN 1625 00:53:22,632 --> 00:53:25,368 WE CAN DEVELOP AND CITE A 1626 00:53:25,368 --> 00:53:35,879 SPECIFIC TINY HOUSE VILLAGES. 1627 00:53:38,048 --> 00:53:38,782 SERVICE PROVIDERS RIGHT NOW HAVE 1628 00:53:38,782 --> 00:53:40,016 TO NAVIGATE PERMITS, NEGOTIATING 1629 00:53:40,016 --> 00:53:40,617 LEASE TERMS AND FINDING LAND 1630 00:53:40,617 --> 00:53:41,985 SUITABLE FOR STANDING UP THE 1631 00:53:41,985 --> 00:53:42,786 SHELTER PROGRAMS. TYPICAL MICRO 1632 00:53:42,786 --> 00:53:44,187 SHELTER PROGRAMS EXCEED 18,000 1633 00:53:44,187 --> 00:53:49,926 SQUARE FEET . TYPICALLY, UP TO, 1634 00:53:49,926 --> 00:53:50,860 FROM 20,000 SQUARE FEET UP TO 1635 00:53:50,860 --> 00:53:53,063 55,000 SQUARE FEET. THAT TIME OF 1636 00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:53,797 IDENTIFYING THE PROPERTY, 1637 00:53:53,797 --> 00:53:57,100 NEGOTIATING THE LEASE , AND 1638 00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:58,568 DOING THE DEVELOPMENT CAN DELAY 1639 00:53:58,568 --> 00:54:03,073 7 TO 9 MONTH JUST IN SITE 1640 00:54:03,073 --> 00:54:03,640 SELECTION PERMITTING AND 1641 00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:11,781 NEGOTIATING LEASE TERMS. WOULD 1642 00:54:11,781 --> 00:54:13,216 YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, 1643 00:54:13,216 --> 00:54:13,984 PLEASE? THIS POLICY ALLOWS FAS 1644 00:54:13,984 --> 00:54:14,884 DIRECTOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN 1645 00:54:14,884 --> 00:54:21,091 SIGNING LEASE AGREEMENTS . IT 1646 00:54:21,091 --> 00:54:22,058 INCREASES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE 1647 00:54:22,058 --> 00:54:22,859 FROM 18,000 SQUARE FEET TO 1648 00:54:22,859 --> 00:54:23,927 65,000 SQUARE FEET. IT REMOVES 1649 00:54:23,927 --> 00:54:25,128 COST PER SQUARE FOOT CAP TO 1650 00:54:25,128 --> 00:54:26,096 ALLOW FOR MARKET RATE. AND 1651 00:54:26,096 --> 00:54:27,697 ENABLES THE CITY TO LEASE SITES 1652 00:54:27,697 --> 00:54:38,241 THAT INITIAL PREP WORK FOR NEW 1653 00:54:40,343 --> 00:54:40,477 LAND. 1654 00:54:40,477 --> 00:54:41,678 >> YOUR GOOD RIGHT THERE. IF WE 1655 00:54:41,678 --> 00:54:43,313 WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT LIE THAT 1656 00:54:43,313 --> 00:54:44,381 HAULS ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, 1657 00:54:44,381 --> 00:54:45,348 THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR 1658 00:54:45,348 --> 00:54:46,716 THAT LITTLE BIT OF WRINKLE IN 1659 00:54:46,716 --> 00:54:47,917 OUR COMMITTEE. IT IS HELPFUL FOR 1660 00:54:47,917 --> 00:54:49,085 ME THAT FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING, 1661 00:54:49,085 --> 00:54:50,253 IF THEY HAD MISSED THE LAST 1662 00:54:50,253 --> 00:54:51,321 COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT THERE IS 1663 00:54:51,321 --> 00:54:52,756 A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH VISUAL TEXT 1664 00:54:52,756 --> 00:54:53,323 VIA AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE 1665 00:54:53,323 --> 00:54:54,958 CHANNEL, AS WELL AS OUR VERBAL 1666 00:54:54,958 --> 00:54:56,593 CONVERSATION. ABSOLUTELY. ANY 1667 00:54:56,593 --> 00:55:01,164 QUESTIONS ON THE FAS SIGNING -- 1668 00:55:01,164 --> 00:55:02,399 THE DIRECTOR SIGNING AUTHORITY 1669 00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:12,942 BILL. THE ONLY COMMENT HERE IS 1670 00:55:13,376 --> 00:55:14,344 THIS CONVERSATION HAS BROUGHT UP 1671 00:55:14,344 --> 00:55:15,712 FOR ME THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER 1672 00:55:15,712 --> 00:55:17,047 PLACES -- THIS IS A VERY 1673 00:55:17,047 --> 00:55:18,281 NARROWLY CRAFTED BILL ABOUT 1674 00:55:18,281 --> 00:55:28,825 TRANSITIONAL ENCAMPMENTS , AND 1675 00:55:32,796 --> 00:55:34,164 THERE ARE MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF 1676 00:55:34,164 --> 00:55:34,831 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS THAT ARE 1677 00:55:34,831 --> 00:55:35,432 NOT SPECIFICALLY TRANSITIONAL 1678 00:55:35,432 --> 00:55:36,166 ENCAMPMENTS. I WILL FLAG FOR THE 1679 00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:37,400 COMMITTEE AND FOR THE VIEWING 1680 00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:38,335 PUBLIC THAT I MAY BE BRINGING 1681 00:55:38,335 --> 00:55:39,169 ANOTHER BILL SIMILAR, BUT 1682 00:55:39,169 --> 00:55:40,236 DIFFERENT, THAT WILL ALSO ALLOW 1683 00:55:40,236 --> 00:55:41,037 US TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING 1684 00:55:41,037 --> 00:55:42,172 HOMELESSNESS IN THE WAYS THAT 1685 00:55:42,172 --> 00:55:42,939 ARE NOT NECESSARILY TRANSITIONAL 1686 00:55:42,939 --> 00:55:43,907 ENCAMPMENTS. THAT IS MY COMMENT. 1687 00:55:43,907 --> 00:55:45,308 AND THAT IS PART OF WHY WE 1688 00:55:45,308 --> 00:55:46,209 DON'T HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS 1689 00:55:46,209 --> 00:55:47,210 TODAY. SORRY. PUBLIC COMMENT WAS 1690 00:55:47,210 --> 00:55:48,578 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. 1691 00:55:48,578 --> 00:55:50,347 I APPRECIATE YOU. HAPPY TO CHAT 1692 00:55:50,347 --> 00:55:51,014 WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING. WITH 1693 00:55:51,014 --> 00:55:52,182 THAT, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER 1694 00:55:52,182 --> 00:56:02,726 QUESTIONS OR -- IF THERE ARE NO 1695 00:56:05,528 --> 00:56:07,263 -- SHOOT. I'M GETTING ALL 1696 00:56:07,263 --> 00:56:08,098 WRAPPED UP. IF THERE ARE NO 1697 00:56:08,098 --> 00:56:09,065 FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I 1698 00:56:09,065 --> 00:56:10,533 KNOW JOY'S MOM IS WATCHING, AND 1699 00:56:10,533 --> 00:56:11,868 SHE IS GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT MY 1700 00:56:11,868 --> 00:56:13,103 GRAMMAR AS WELL. IS THERE NO 1701 00:56:13,103 --> 00:56:13,903 FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, 1702 00:56:13,903 --> 00:56:15,171 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 1703 00:56:15,171 --> 00:56:16,806 ROLL? WE HAVE TO MOVE AND SECOND 1704 00:56:16,806 --> 00:56:17,974 THE BILL. NO FINAL COMMENTS. I 1705 00:56:17,974 --> 00:56:19,008 MOVED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF 1706 00:56:19,008 --> 00:56:20,243 COUNCIL BILL 121184. IS THERE A 1707 00:56:20,243 --> 00:56:20,477 SECOND? 1708 00:56:20,477 --> 00:56:21,211 >> SECOND. 1709 00:56:21,211 --> 00:56:28,084 >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO 1710 00:56:28,084 --> 00:56:28,718 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 1711 00:56:28,718 --> 00:56:29,552 BILL 121-1184. ANY FINAL 1712 00:56:29,552 --> 00:56:30,253 COMMENTS? SEEING NO FINAL 1713 00:56:30,253 --> 00:56:31,354 COMMENTS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1714 00:56:31,354 --> 00:56:31,888 CALL THE ROLL? 1715 00:56:31,888 --> 00:56:32,722 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1716 00:56:32,722 --> 00:56:33,089 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1717 00:56:33,089 --> 00:56:33,356 >> YES. 1718 00:56:33,356 --> 00:56:34,557 >> VICE CHAIR RIVERA. 1719 00:56:34,557 --> 00:56:43,600 >> CHAIR STRAUSS. THREE IN 1720 00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:44,367 FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 1721 00:56:44,367 --> 00:56:45,335 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL BILL 1722 00:56:45,335 --> 00:56:46,169 121184 IS RECOMMENDED. THE 1723 00:56:46,169 --> 00:56:47,504 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION THAT THE 1724 00:56:47,504 --> 00:56:55,879 COUNCIL PASS AND WILL BE SENT TO 1725 00:56:55,879 --> 00:56:56,679 THE APRIL 14 SEATTLE CITY 1726 00:56:56,679 --> 00:56:57,814 COUNCIL MEETING. WE WILL MOVE ON 1727 00:56:57,814 --> 00:56:59,382 TO ITEM 2, THE THIRD ORDER OF 1728 00:56:59,382 --> 00:57:00,517 BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA. WILL THE 1729 00:57:00,517 --> 00:57:01,851 CLERK MOVED THE SECOND ITEM OF 1730 00:57:01,851 --> 00:57:03,186 BUSINESS. YOU CAN READ THE SHORT 1731 00:57:03,186 --> 00:57:04,154 TITLE. NOT THE WHOLE TITLE. 1732 00:57:04,154 --> 00:57:04,988 >> SHELTER BUDGET BILL. FOR 1733 00:57:04,988 --> 00:57:06,322 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE 1734 00:57:06,322 --> 00:57:09,659 VOTE. PREVENTERS WITH -- 1735 00:57:09,659 --> 00:57:10,527 PRESENTERS WITH CITY BUDGET 1736 00:57:10,527 --> 00:57:11,261 OFFICE, DIRECTOR POLICY AND 1737 00:57:11,261 --> 00:57:12,762 INNOVATION, AND COUNSEL CENTRAL 1738 00:57:12,762 --> 00:57:12,996 STAFF. 1739 00:57:12,996 --> 00:57:17,967 >> THANK YOU. ALREADY MADE 1740 00:57:17,967 --> 00:57:19,035 INTRODUCTIONS. IF WOULD LIKE TO 1741 00:57:19,035 --> 00:57:20,970 JUMP INTO THE BRIEFING OF THIS 1742 00:57:20,970 --> 00:57:22,438 BILL . THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE 1743 00:57:22,438 --> 00:57:23,239 POWERPOINT UP. 1744 00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:27,177 >> I WILL QUICKLY INTRODUCE THE 1745 00:57:27,177 --> 00:57:28,278 BILL. IT WOULD AMEND THE 2026 1746 00:57:28,278 --> 00:57:38,788 BUDGET TO PROVIDE SLI FIVE TO 1747 00:57:45,028 --> 00:57:45,562 SUPPORT THE CAPITAL AND 1748 00:57:45,562 --> 00:57:46,296 OPERATING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 1749 00:57:46,296 --> 00:57:47,630 STANDING UP AT LEAST 500 NEW 1750 00:57:47,630 --> 00:57:48,731 SHELTER UNITS BUT THE TOTAL 1751 00:57:48,731 --> 00:57:49,566 FUNDS IDENTIFIED BY THE 1752 00:57:49,566 --> 00:57:50,500 EXECUTIVE FOR THIS EFFORT ARE 1753 00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:51,067 $17.5 MILLION. LEGISLATION 1754 00:57:51,067 --> 00:57:51,835 APPROPRIATES TWO AVAILABLE FUND 1755 00:57:51,835 --> 00:57:52,836 SOURCES FOR THE EFFORT. THE 1756 00:57:52,836 --> 00:57:53,736 DOWNTOWN HEALTH AND HUMAN 1757 00:57:53,736 --> 00:57:54,704 SERVICES TRUST FUND AND 1758 00:57:54,704 --> 00:57:55,738 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 1759 00:57:55,738 --> 00:57:59,676 GRANT THAT IS IN THE LOW INCOME 1760 00:57:59,676 --> 00:58:00,910 HOUSING FUND. THE REMAINDER OF 1761 00:58:00,910 --> 00:58:01,845 THE FUNDING NEEDED TO OPERATE 1762 00:58:01,845 --> 00:58:03,980 THE NEW UNITS HAS ALREADY BEEN 1763 00:58:03,980 --> 00:58:04,581 APPROPRIATED. THERE ARE NINE 1764 00:58:04,581 --> 00:58:05,215 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS I WOULD BE 1765 00:58:05,215 --> 00:58:06,015 HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH WHEN YOU 1766 00:58:06,015 --> 00:58:07,450 ARE AT THAT POINT, OR IF YOU 1767 00:58:07,450 --> 00:58:08,985 WANT TO HAVE THE EXECUTIVE GO 1768 00:58:08,985 --> 00:58:09,719 THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE CAN 1769 00:58:09,719 --> 00:58:10,353 CERTAINLY DO THAT. 1770 00:58:10,353 --> 00:58:11,387 >> FANTASTIC. ANYTHING YOU WOULD 1771 00:58:11,387 --> 00:58:13,256 LIKE TO SHARE? I HAVE A FEW 1772 00:58:13,256 --> 00:58:14,424 COMMENTS I WILL MAKE BEFORE WE 1773 00:58:14,424 --> 00:58:15,058 GET INTO AMENDMENTS. 1774 00:58:15,058 --> 00:58:25,568 >> GOOD MORNING. CITY BUDGET 1775 00:58:25,969 --> 00:58:27,136 DIRECTOR. I THINK TRACI DID AN 1776 00:58:27,136 --> 00:58:27,804 EXCELLENT JOB SUMMARIZING THE 1777 00:58:27,804 --> 00:58:28,938 BILL. HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE 1778 00:58:28,938 --> 00:58:30,173 DETAIL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. 1779 00:58:30,173 --> 00:58:31,441 ALSO HAPPY TO JUST LET YOU MOVE 1780 00:58:31,441 --> 00:58:32,442 ON TO THE AMENDMENT DISCUSSION. 1781 00:58:32,575 --> 00:58:34,477 >> THAT IS GOOD. I'M GOING TO 1782 00:58:34,477 --> 00:58:44,354 MOVE -- I MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE 1783 00:58:44,354 --> 00:58:45,488 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121185. 1784 00:58:45,488 --> 00:58:46,623 IS THERE A SECOND? 1785 00:58:46,623 --> 00:58:46,923 >> SECOND. 1786 00:58:46,923 --> 00:58:47,724 >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO 1787 00:58:47,724 --> 00:58:48,825 RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 1788 00:58:48,825 --> 00:58:49,859 BILL 121185. BEFORE WE MOVE INTO 1789 00:58:49,859 --> 00:58:50,994 AMENDMENTS, I HAVE GOT SOME 1790 00:58:50,994 --> 00:58:52,161 GENERAL REMARKS ON THE BILL. I 1791 00:58:52,161 --> 00:58:53,530 WILL ALSO NOTE THAT I STILL HAVE 1792 00:58:53,530 --> 00:58:55,131 NOT HAVE MY QUESTION ANSWERED 1793 00:58:55,131 --> 00:59:01,070 ABOUT TINY HOME PURCHASES FROM 1794 00:59:01,070 --> 00:59:02,105 THE HOPE FACTORY IF FOLKS WANT 1795 00:59:02,105 --> 00:59:03,439 TO ADDRESS THAT IN YOUR COMMENTS 1796 00:59:03,439 --> 00:59:05,174 AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I AM GOING 1797 00:59:05,174 --> 00:59:06,643 TO MAKE SOME GENERAL REMARKS 1798 00:59:06,643 --> 00:59:08,478 ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY 1799 00:59:08,478 --> 00:59:12,415 OF SEATTLE . OVER THE LAST SIX 1800 00:59:12,415 --> 00:59:13,650 YEARS, IT IS GOTTEN BETTER, IT 1801 00:59:13,650 --> 00:59:17,687 IS GOTTEN WORSE. THE CITY'S 1802 00:59:17,687 --> 00:59:18,655 ABILITY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS 1803 00:59:18,655 --> 00:59:19,622 HAS GOTTEN BETTER SINCE THE 1804 00:59:19,622 --> 00:59:22,492 PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE CHANGED HOW 1805 00:59:22,492 --> 00:59:30,266 WE ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. AGAIN, 1806 00:59:30,266 --> 00:59:31,434 THE NAVIGATION TEAM LEAD WITH 1807 00:59:31,434 --> 00:59:32,502 POLICE, SOCIAL WORKERS SOMEWHERE 1808 00:59:32,502 --> 00:59:33,503 BEHIND, WE NOW HAVE THE UNIFIED 1809 00:59:33,503 --> 00:59:34,871 CARE TEAM LED BY THE SOCIAL 1810 00:59:34,871 --> 00:59:36,139 WORKERS WITH THE POLICE 1811 00:59:36,139 --> 00:59:38,608 SOMEWHERE BEHIND. EVERY YEAR IT 1812 00:59:38,608 --> 00:59:39,642 EBBS AND FLOWS DEPENDING ON THE 1813 00:59:39,642 --> 00:59:40,777 WEATHER OR DIFFERENT 1814 00:59:40,777 --> 00:59:47,550 MICROCLIMATES , YOU KNOW, 1815 00:59:47,550 --> 00:59:48,484 ECONOMIC CLIMATES WITHIN OUR 1816 00:59:48,484 --> 00:59:49,919 CITY. BUT WHAT I AM SEEING RIGHT 1817 00:59:49,919 --> 00:59:51,254 NOW IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS IS 1818 00:59:51,254 --> 00:59:52,121 SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN THE 1819 00:59:52,121 --> 00:59:55,124 LAST FEW YEARS. WHAT I AM SEEING 1820 00:59:55,124 --> 00:59:56,259 ARE THAT THERE ARE STILL TENSE 1821 00:59:56,259 --> 00:59:57,493 AND PEOPLE IN THE PLACES THEY 1822 00:59:57,493 --> 00:59:58,695 HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST SIX 1823 00:59:58,695 --> 01:00:00,096 YEARS, AND NOW THEY ARE 1824 01:00:00,096 --> 01:00:03,399 RETURNING , PEOPLE ARE RETURNING 1825 01:00:03,399 --> 01:00:04,701 TO THE PLACES I HAVE NOT SEEN 1826 01:00:04,701 --> 01:00:06,703 THEM LIVING IN PUBLIC SPACES IN 1827 01:00:06,703 --> 01:00:10,606 THE LAST FEW YEARS. I AM 1828 01:00:10,606 --> 01:00:11,240 NOTICING THIS IN BELLTOWN IN 1829 01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:12,475 PARTICULAR. I'M NOTING THIS AND 1830 01:00:12,475 --> 01:00:13,376 DOWNTOWN IN PARTICULAR. I AM 1831 01:00:13,376 --> 01:00:15,478 NOTICING WE HAVE NOT MADE THE 1832 01:00:15,478 --> 01:00:17,347 PROGRESS I WANT TO SEE US MAKE 1833 01:00:17,347 --> 01:00:18,414 IN CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 1834 01:00:18,414 --> 01:00:25,088 DISTRICT. THAT IS NOT 1835 01:00:25,088 --> 01:00:25,888 NECESSARILY ON THE NEW 1836 01:00:25,888 --> 01:00:27,457 ADMINISTRATION. BUT WHAT I AM 1837 01:00:27,457 --> 01:00:28,391 REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE 1838 01:00:28,391 --> 01:00:29,292 CHANGE I'VE SEEN IN THESE LAST 1839 01:00:29,292 --> 01:00:30,426 THREE MONTHS TO THE POINT WHERE 1840 01:00:30,426 --> 01:00:31,861 WE HAVE A STRUCTURE BUILT IN THE 1841 01:00:31,861 --> 01:00:35,098 RIGHT-OF-WAY IN BALLARD OUT OF 1842 01:00:35,098 --> 01:00:36,432 WHAT I COULD PRESUME WOULD BE 1843 01:00:36,432 --> 01:00:37,934 STONE OR MAYBE THEY WERE 1844 01:00:37,934 --> 01:00:40,436 PURCHASED MATERIALS THAT THERE 1845 01:00:40,436 --> 01:00:42,171 IS A BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF 1846 01:00:42,171 --> 01:00:44,307 OUR STREET THAT HAS A CHIMNEY . 1847 01:00:44,307 --> 01:00:45,942 THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE NOT 1848 01:00:45,942 --> 01:00:55,118 SEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC. WHAT WE 1849 01:00:55,118 --> 01:00:56,652 ARE SEEING TODAY IS THAT WE KNOW 1850 01:00:56,652 --> 01:00:57,587 THAT WE NEED TO PASS THIS 1851 01:00:57,587 --> 01:00:59,022 BUDGET, THIS FUNDING, FOR US TO 1852 01:00:59,022 --> 01:00:59,622 BETTER ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. 1853 01:00:59,622 --> 01:01:01,190 THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF 1854 01:01:01,190 --> 01:01:05,595 QUESTIONS ON THE HOW AND WHO WE 1855 01:01:05,595 --> 01:01:07,096 HIRE AND WHAT SERVICES WE ARE 1856 01:01:07,096 --> 01:01:09,499 SELECTING. BUT I GUESS THE POINT 1857 01:01:09,499 --> 01:01:10,867 I AM MAKING TODAY IS THAT WE 1858 01:01:10,867 --> 01:01:13,536 CANNOT SLOW DOWN WHILE WE ARE 1859 01:01:13,536 --> 01:01:15,972 MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS. WHAT 1860 01:01:15,972 --> 01:01:18,041 I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IS 1861 01:01:18,041 --> 01:01:22,045 THAT WE HAVE SLOW DOWN , AND ONE 1862 01:01:22,045 --> 01:01:23,279 OF THE REASONS WHY I AM 1863 01:01:23,279 --> 01:01:24,447 COMFORTABLE PASSING THIS 1864 01:01:24,447 --> 01:01:25,081 LEGISLATION TODAY WITHOUT HAVING 1865 01:01:25,081 --> 01:01:35,625 ALL OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED IS 1866 01:01:36,459 --> 01:01:37,894 THAT THERE IS -- THERE WILL BE A 1867 01:01:37,894 --> 01:01:39,395 COMMITMENT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER 1868 01:01:39,395 --> 01:01:40,063 TO IMPLEMENT THIS LEGISLATION, 1869 01:01:40,063 --> 01:01:41,064 THAT THERE IS A COMMITMENT WE 1870 01:01:41,064 --> 01:01:42,231 WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE 1871 01:01:42,231 --> 01:01:43,032 IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED, AND THAT 1872 01:01:43,032 --> 01:01:44,267 THERE IS A COMMITMENT THAT WE 1873 01:01:44,267 --> 01:01:45,668 WON'T SLOW DOWN IN THE 1874 01:01:45,668 --> 01:01:48,404 MEANTIME. I KNOW THIS IS TRUE 1875 01:01:48,404 --> 01:01:49,472 THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS. I AM 1876 01:01:49,472 --> 01:01:50,640 SHARING THIS WITH THE PUBLIC AS 1877 01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:51,708 PART OF THE TRANSPARENT PROCESS 1878 01:01:51,708 --> 01:01:53,009 OF PASSING THESE BILLS. AND SO, 1879 01:01:53,009 --> 01:01:54,744 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP -- SOME 1880 01:01:54,744 --> 01:01:59,782 OF THIS IS ALSO THAT WE ARE 1881 01:01:59,782 --> 01:02:00,717 TAKING UP THIS BUDGET ITEM 1882 01:02:00,717 --> 01:02:01,617 OUTSIDE OF THE ANNUAL PROCESS, 1883 01:02:01,617 --> 01:02:09,692 BECAUSE FOR GOOD REASON , AS WAS 1884 01:02:09,692 --> 01:02:10,893 DISCUSSED IN THE LAST COMMITTEE 1885 01:02:10,893 --> 01:02:11,794 MEETING, WE DON'T GET TO SEE 1886 01:02:11,794 --> 01:02:13,029 THE TRADE-OFFS WE ARE MAKING FOR 1887 01:02:13,029 --> 01:02:14,297 THE ONGOING COSTS BECAUSE IT IS 1888 01:02:14,297 --> 01:02:16,065 OUTSIDE THE ANNUAL PROCESS. THIS 1889 01:02:16,065 --> 01:02:21,237 IS WHERE DIRECTOR GAVE US A VERY 1890 01:02:21,237 --> 01:02:22,238 GOOD RESPONSE AT OUR LAST 1891 01:02:22,238 --> 01:02:23,406 MEETING THAT WE WILL WORK 1892 01:02:23,406 --> 01:02:24,340 TOGETHER IN THIS UPCOMING FALL 1893 01:02:24,340 --> 01:02:26,109 PROCESS. THERE IS A LOT OF -- WE 1894 01:02:26,109 --> 01:02:28,044 ARE HAVING A MOMENT OF TRUST 1895 01:02:28,044 --> 01:02:38,588 THAT THERE WILL BE COLLABORATION 1896 01:02:39,455 --> 01:02:41,023 IN IMPLEMENTING HOW THESE FUNDS 1897 01:02:41,023 --> 01:02:41,691 ARE USED BECAUSE THOSE 1898 01:02:41,691 --> 01:02:42,291 CONVERSATIONS TYPICALLY OCCUR 1899 01:02:42,291 --> 01:02:43,159 DURING THE FALL BUDGET PROCESS. 1900 01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:44,460 WE KNOW WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 1901 01:02:44,460 --> 01:02:45,695 NEXT FALL TO GET MORE DOLLARS 1902 01:02:45,695 --> 01:02:47,130 OUT THE DOOR. THERE IS A HIGH 1903 01:02:47,130 --> 01:02:49,098 LEVEL OF CONCERN ON HOW WE USE 1904 01:02:49,098 --> 01:02:52,034 THOSE DOLLARS , BECAUSE WE FEAR 1905 01:02:52,034 --> 01:02:52,935 NOT BEING SMART, NIMBLE, 1906 01:02:52,935 --> 01:02:54,303 FLEXIBLE AND CONSISTENT IN OUR 1907 01:02:54,303 --> 01:02:56,539 APPROACHES , IF SOMEBODY IS 1908 01:02:56,539 --> 01:02:57,406 HOUSED, THEY CANNOT PITCH A TENT 1909 01:02:57,406 --> 01:03:00,343 IN A PUBLIC SPACE. THESE ARE 1910 01:03:00,343 --> 01:03:01,377 THINGS WE BELIEVE ARE OCCURRING 1911 01:03:01,377 --> 01:03:05,782 TODAY. THIS BUDGET ITEM , YOU 1912 01:03:05,782 --> 01:03:06,916 KNOW, IT CREATES ONGOING COSTS. 1913 01:03:06,916 --> 01:03:08,151 WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK 1914 01:03:08,151 --> 01:03:10,319 TOGETHER , AND IT'S OKAY WE'RE 1915 01:03:10,319 --> 01:03:11,921 DOING THIS OUTSIDE THE ANNUAL 1916 01:03:11,921 --> 01:03:15,491 PROCESS ONLY BUT FOR THE 1917 01:03:15,491 --> 01:03:16,793 COMMITMENT THAT WE IMPLEMENT 1918 01:03:16,793 --> 01:03:18,327 THIS TOGETHER. SO THAT IS WHAT 1919 01:03:18,327 --> 01:03:23,966 SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS GET TO 1920 01:03:23,966 --> 01:03:25,334 . BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE 1921 01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:26,669 AMENDMENTS, I WANT TO CHECK TO 1922 01:03:26,669 --> 01:03:27,837 SEE IF ANYONE AT THE TABLE HAS 1923 01:03:27,837 --> 01:03:29,105 ANYTHING TO SHARE BUT I DIDN'T 1924 01:03:29,105 --> 01:03:31,841 ASK A QUESTION . BUT IF YOU 1925 01:03:31,841 --> 01:03:32,975 WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING, 1926 01:03:32,975 --> 01:03:34,477 YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. 1927 01:03:34,477 --> 01:03:36,012 >> I WOULD LOVE TO. IN ONE OF 1928 01:03:36,012 --> 01:03:36,846 THE PREVIOUS HEARINGS ABOUT 1929 01:03:36,846 --> 01:03:38,281 THESE BILLS, YOU ASKED A 1930 01:03:38,281 --> 01:03:40,917 QUESTION ABOUT HOW CONTRACTORS 1931 01:03:40,917 --> 01:03:46,989 PAY FOR TINY HOUSES STRUCTURES 1932 01:03:46,989 --> 01:03:48,291 FROM HOPE FACTORY. I WOULD LOVE 1933 01:03:48,291 --> 01:03:50,359 TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION HERE FOR 1934 01:03:50,359 --> 01:03:53,529 THE RECORD. AND SO, THIS IS 1935 01:03:53,529 --> 01:03:54,630 BEING DONE SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY 1936 01:03:54,630 --> 01:03:57,400 TO THE HOPE FACTORY OPERATED BY 1937 01:03:57,400 --> 01:03:58,935 SOUND FOUNDATIONS NORTHWEST. AND 1938 01:03:58,935 --> 01:04:00,436 HAS A PRETTY DEEP PARTNERSHIP 1939 01:04:00,436 --> 01:04:02,838 WITH LEHIGH LOW INCOME HOUSING 1940 01:04:02,838 --> 01:04:12,448 INSTITUTE. THE WAY THEIR 1941 01:04:12,448 --> 01:04:13,115 RELATIONSHIP OPERATES IS, LEHIGH 1942 01:04:13,115 --> 01:04:14,317 PAYS FOR THE LAND, THE RENT AND 1943 01:04:14,317 --> 01:04:15,851 PAYS FOR SOME OF THE STAFF AT 1944 01:04:15,851 --> 01:04:16,485 SOUND FOUNDATIONS NORTHWEST. 1945 01:04:16,485 --> 01:04:19,889 THEY FISCALLY SPONSOR SOUND 1946 01:04:19,889 --> 01:04:20,723 FOUNDATIONS NORTHWEST, WHICH IS 1947 01:04:20,723 --> 01:04:22,692 ITS OWN ENTITY THAT HAS SOUGHT 1948 01:04:22,692 --> 01:04:30,066 ITS OWN INDEPENDENT 501(C)(3) 1949 01:04:30,066 --> 01:04:30,700 STATUS. THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WORK 1950 01:04:30,700 --> 01:04:31,334 TOGETHER TO RAISE PHILANTHROPIC 1951 01:04:31,334 --> 01:04:37,640 DOLLARS THAT PAY FOR THE STAFF , 1952 01:04:37,640 --> 01:04:38,741 AND THEY OFFER US THE TINY 1953 01:04:38,741 --> 01:04:39,942 HOUSES AT A SUBSIDIZED RATE. AND 1954 01:04:39,942 --> 01:04:40,910 SO, WHEN THEY CONSTRUCT TINY 1955 01:04:40,910 --> 01:04:41,911 HOUSES, DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIP 1956 01:04:41,911 --> 01:04:43,312 THEY HAVE THAT CREATES LOWER 1957 01:04:43,312 --> 01:04:48,017 COSTS IN THE RENT, AND ALSO THE 1958 01:04:48,017 --> 01:04:48,618 SUBSIDIES FROM PHILANTHROPIC 1959 01:04:48,618 --> 01:04:49,752 DOLLARS, IT COSTS ABOUT $8000 1960 01:04:49,752 --> 01:04:50,353 PER UNIT OF A TINY HOUSE 1961 01:04:50,353 --> 01:04:55,291 PRODUCED BY HOPE FACTORY. THEY 1962 01:04:55,291 --> 01:04:56,592 ALSO SELL THOSE UNITS TO OTHER 1963 01:04:56,592 --> 01:04:57,460 TINY HOUSE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING 1964 01:04:57,460 --> 01:05:07,937 SEATTLE CLUB AND . AND SO, 1965 01:05:09,005 --> 01:05:10,072 TYPICAL MARKET RATE AND WHAT IT 1966 01:05:10,072 --> 01:05:11,007 WOULD COST WITHOUT THE 1967 01:05:11,007 --> 01:05:11,774 PHILANTHROPIC SUBSIDY IN THE 1968 01:05:11,774 --> 01:05:12,775 RENT SUBSIDY WOULD BE ABOUT 1969 01:05:12,775 --> 01:05:13,976 $15,000-$18,000 PER TINY HOUSE 1970 01:05:13,976 --> 01:05:18,848 UNIT THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE 1971 01:05:18,848 --> 01:05:20,082 HOPE FACTORY. SO I HOPE THAT 1972 01:05:20,082 --> 01:05:21,450 ANSWERS THE QUESTION YOU WERE 1973 01:05:21,450 --> 01:05:23,786 SEEKING. JUST WANTED TO MAKE 1974 01:05:23,786 --> 01:05:25,354 SURE I HAD THE CHANCE TO PUT 1975 01:05:25,354 --> 01:05:26,355 THAT ON THE RECORD. 1976 01:05:26,355 --> 01:05:27,757 >> IN FACT, THAT CREATED MORE 1977 01:05:27,757 --> 01:05:30,326 QUESTIONS. I AM NOT GOING TO PUT 1978 01:05:30,326 --> 01:05:31,594 THEM ON THE RECORD AT THIS 1979 01:05:31,594 --> 01:05:33,329 MOMENT, BUT I WILL SAY I HAVE A 1980 01:05:33,329 --> 01:05:34,897 HIGH LEVEL OF DISCOMFORT IN THE 1981 01:05:34,897 --> 01:05:36,132 WAY WE HAVE BEEN AWARDING 1982 01:05:36,132 --> 01:05:38,501 CONTRACTS , BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN 1983 01:05:38,501 --> 01:05:40,536 FOCUSED ON NUMBER OF UNITS AND 1984 01:05:40,536 --> 01:05:51,080 NOT TYPE OF SERVICES PROVIDED. 1985 01:05:51,580 --> 01:05:52,381 TINY HOMES ARE GREAT FOR MANY 1986 01:05:52,381 --> 01:05:53,949 PEOPLE. THEY DON'T WORK FOR 1987 01:05:53,949 --> 01:05:54,550 FOLKS WHO ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS. 1988 01:05:54,550 --> 01:05:55,818 THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO HAVE 1989 01:05:55,818 --> 01:05:56,852 A PARTNER. THOSE ARE PHYSICAL 1990 01:05:56,852 --> 01:05:57,920 LIMITATIONS OF THE BUILDING, NOT 1991 01:05:57,920 --> 01:06:03,893 SERVICE PROVISION. AND SO, 1992 01:06:03,893 --> 01:06:05,328 SEEING AS WE HAVE LESS THAN AN 1993 01:06:05,328 --> 01:06:06,696 HOUR LEFT, I'M GOING TO TAKE 1994 01:06:06,696 --> 01:06:17,239 THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION . 1995 01:06:17,606 --> 01:06:19,008 I WILL SAVE IT FOR LATER. BUT I 1996 01:06:19,008 --> 01:06:20,309 WILL SAY THAT I AM MORE 1997 01:06:20,309 --> 01:06:21,410 CONCERNED NOW THAN I WAS A 1998 01:06:21,410 --> 01:06:22,144 COUPLE MINUTES AGO. 1999 01:06:22,144 --> 01:06:23,579 >> OKAY. WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT 2000 01:06:23,579 --> 01:06:24,914 IT. THIS IS JUST RELATED TO THE 2001 01:06:24,914 --> 01:06:25,548 CONSTRUCTION, NOT THE 2002 01:06:25,548 --> 01:06:26,148 SUBCONTRACTORS OF BEHAVIOR 2003 01:06:26,148 --> 01:06:27,416 HEALTH, WHICH I WILL PROVIDE A 2004 01:06:27,416 --> 01:06:28,617 SEPARATE ANSWER FOR AT A LATER 2005 01:06:28,617 --> 01:06:28,818 TIME. 2006 01:06:28,818 --> 01:06:30,052 >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. WE ARE 2007 01:06:30,052 --> 01:06:31,053 GOING TO MOVE INTO AMENDMENTS. 2008 01:06:31,053 --> 01:06:34,323 WE HAVE A CONSENT PACKAGE OF 2009 01:06:34,323 --> 01:06:35,591 AMENDMENTS THAT WERE BRIEFED AT 2010 01:06:35,591 --> 01:06:36,158 OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING. 2011 01:06:36,158 --> 01:06:37,026 REMINDER, COLLEAGUES, ANYONE -- 2012 01:06:37,026 --> 01:06:39,061 YOU CAN SPEAK TO THESE IN THE 2013 01:06:39,061 --> 01:06:44,700 CONSENT PACKAGE . BUT IF YOU 2014 01:06:44,700 --> 01:06:46,068 WOULD LIKE TO PULL IT OUT, YOU 2015 01:06:46,068 --> 01:06:47,937 MAY DO SO. TRACI, WOULD YOU LIKE 2016 01:06:47,937 --> 01:06:55,010 TO -- ACTUALLY, I NEED TO MOVE 2017 01:06:55,010 --> 01:06:56,379 AMENDMENTS ONE, TWO, SIX, EIGHT 2018 01:06:56,379 --> 01:06:57,279 AND NINE TOGETHER IN A CONSENT 2019 01:06:57,279 --> 01:06:57,546 PACKAGE. 2020 01:06:57,546 --> 01:06:57,847 >> SECOND. 2021 01:06:57,847 --> 01:06:59,148 >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 2022 01:06:59,148 --> 01:07:00,149 SECONDED TO HAVE AMENDMENTS ONE, 2023 01:07:00,149 --> 01:07:04,587 TWO, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE . IF 2024 01:07:04,587 --> 01:07:06,122 ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL THOSE 2025 01:07:06,122 --> 01:07:07,156 OUT OF THE PACKAGE, WE WILL PULL 2026 01:07:07,156 --> 01:07:15,598 IT OUT OF THE PACKAGE. JUST 2027 01:07:15,598 --> 01:07:23,839 CHECKING . ARE YOU GOOD WITH 2028 01:07:23,839 --> 01:07:27,143 THIS? 2029 01:07:27,143 --> 01:07:31,781 >> WHAT THE PROCESS IS. YOU ARE 2030 01:07:31,781 --> 01:07:40,556 PULLING -- OKAY. 2031 01:07:40,556 --> 01:07:48,330 >> FANTASTIC. WONDERFUL. WE HAVE 2032 01:07:48,330 --> 01:07:49,398 MOVED AND SECONDED AMENDMENTS 2033 01:07:49,398 --> 01:07:50,132 ONE, TWO, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE 2034 01:07:50,132 --> 01:07:50,900 SPONSORED BY KETTLE, SAKA, 2035 01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:54,470 RIVERA AND KETTLE. TRACI, OVER 2036 01:07:54,470 --> 01:07:56,705 TO YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ . 2037 01:07:56,839 --> 01:07:57,907 >> I WILL BRIEFLY READ. 2038 01:07:57,907 --> 01:07:59,675 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE SPONSORED 2039 01:07:59,675 --> 01:08:04,880 BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2040 01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:05,581 COSPONSORED BY HOLLINGSWORTH 2041 01:08:05,581 --> 01:08:11,220 WOULD REQUEST REPORT FROM THE 2042 01:08:11,220 --> 01:08:12,054 MAYOR'S OFFICE ON IMPLICATION 2043 01:08:12,054 --> 01:08:13,322 OF THE FIRST 500 SHELTER UNITS 2044 01:08:13,322 --> 01:08:14,690 AND A PLAN FOR HOW THEY WILL 2045 01:08:14,690 --> 01:08:15,624 ACHIEVE THE 4000 NEW UNITS 2046 01:08:15,624 --> 01:08:16,792 OVERALL. THAT REPORT WILL BE DUE 2047 01:08:16,792 --> 01:08:20,429 SEPTEMBER 14 OF 2026. LIMIT 2048 01:08:20,429 --> 01:08:21,130 NUMBER TWO, SPONSORED BY 2049 01:08:21,130 --> 01:08:31,640 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. EXECUTIVE 2050 01:08:44,253 --> 01:08:45,221 WOULD BE REQUESTED TO DEVELOP 2051 01:08:45,221 --> 01:08:46,422 AND IMPLEMENT IS PUBLIC SAFETY 2052 01:08:46,422 --> 01:08:47,223 PLAN FOR EACH NEW SHELTER 2053 01:08:47,223 --> 01:08:48,290 INDICATING HOW TO KEEP THE AREA 2054 01:08:48,290 --> 01:08:49,258 SURROUNDING ANY NEW SHELTER 2055 01:08:49,258 --> 01:08:50,159 SAFE, CLEAN AND FREE OF 2056 01:08:50,159 --> 01:08:51,026 UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS, AND IT 2057 01:08:51,026 --> 01:08:51,594 WILL REQUIRE PROACTIVE 2058 01:08:51,594 --> 01:08:52,161 COMMUNICATION WITH THE 2059 01:08:52,161 --> 01:08:52,962 NEIGHBORHOOD. IT SHOULD ALSO, 2060 01:08:52,962 --> 01:08:54,230 THE PLAN SHOULD BE CEMENTED TO 2061 01:08:54,230 --> 01:08:55,397 THE COMMUNITY ONE MONTH PRIOR TO 2062 01:08:55,397 --> 01:08:56,432 A SHELTER OPENING IN THAT 2063 01:08:56,432 --> 01:08:57,500 COMMUNITY. IT ALSO WOULD REQUIRE 2064 01:08:57,500 --> 01:08:58,734 EACH SHELTER PROVIDED TO HAVE A 2065 01:08:58,734 --> 01:08:59,902 GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT WITH THE 2066 01:08:59,902 --> 01:09:00,603 CITY. AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, 2067 01:09:00,603 --> 01:09:01,370 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2068 01:09:01,370 --> 01:09:02,271 RIVERA. EXECUTIVE WOULD BE 2069 01:09:02,271 --> 01:09:03,372 REQUESTED TO OPERATE AT LEAST 2070 01:09:03,372 --> 01:09:04,373 ONE OF THE NEW SHELTERS FOR 2071 01:09:04,373 --> 01:09:05,274 PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM 2072 01:09:05,274 --> 01:09:06,041 SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. 2073 01:09:06,041 --> 01:09:06,642 REQUEST REPORT PROVIDED BY 2074 01:09:06,642 --> 01:09:07,676 SEPTEMBER 14 TO INDICATE WHETHER 2075 01:09:07,676 --> 01:09:08,210 THEY ACCOMPLISHED THAT. 2076 01:09:08,210 --> 01:09:17,386 AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT WOULD 2077 01:09:17,386 --> 01:09:18,454 REQUEST THAT NEW SHELTER UNITS 2078 01:09:18,454 --> 01:09:19,255 BE PRIORITIZED FOR PEOPLE 2079 01:09:19,255 --> 01:09:20,022 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE 2080 01:09:20,022 --> 01:09:21,190 NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THE NEW 2081 01:09:21,190 --> 01:09:22,224 SHELTER IS LOCATED. IT WOULD 2082 01:09:22,224 --> 01:09:23,292 ALSO REQUEST A REPORT TO THE 2083 01:09:23,292 --> 01:09:24,193 COUNCIL ON HOW PRIORITIZATION 2084 01:09:24,193 --> 01:09:25,227 WILL OCCUR BEFORE OPENING THE 2085 01:09:25,227 --> 01:09:26,595 FIRST NEW SHELTER. THE FINAL 2086 01:09:26,595 --> 01:09:34,203 AMENDMENT MUST SPONSORED BY 2087 01:09:34,203 --> 01:09:34,837 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, WOULD 2088 01:09:34,837 --> 01:09:35,638 STATE THAT COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES 2089 01:09:35,638 --> 01:09:36,272 MAINTAIN EXISTING PERMANENT 2090 01:09:36,272 --> 01:09:37,006 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND 2091 01:09:37,006 --> 01:09:37,873 COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATING WITH 2092 01:09:37,873 --> 01:09:38,941 EXECUTIVE ON MAINTAINING THAT 2093 01:09:38,941 --> 01:09:39,808 HOUSING WHILE ALSO CREATING NEW 2094 01:09:39,808 --> 01:09:40,576 SHELTER UNITS AND ADDRESSING THE 2095 01:09:40,576 --> 01:09:41,210 STRUCTURAL BUDGET GAP. 2096 01:09:41,210 --> 01:09:43,946 >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. I KNOW 2097 01:09:43,946 --> 01:09:44,747 THAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 2098 01:09:44,747 --> 01:09:47,349 SAKA ARE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S 2099 01:09:47,349 --> 01:09:50,986 MEETING. IS THERE A COLLEAGUE 2100 01:09:50,986 --> 01:09:52,588 THAT WILL SPEAK TO THESE ITEMS? 2101 01:09:52,721 --> 01:09:58,194 >> YEAH. 2102 01:09:58,194 --> 01:09:59,662 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU 2103 01:09:59,662 --> 01:10:00,429 LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENTS 2104 01:10:00,429 --> 01:10:00,729 BY 2105 01:10:00,729 --> 01:10:09,738 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2106 01:10:09,738 --> 01:10:10,339 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S 2107 01:10:10,339 --> 01:10:11,040 AMENDMENT I AM COSPONSORING 2108 01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:12,141 BECAUSE I ADDED SOME STUFF IN 2109 01:10:12,141 --> 01:10:13,275 HIS AMENDMENT, I JUST WANT TO 2110 01:10:13,275 --> 01:10:14,543 THANK HIM FOR THAT. IT 2111 01:10:14,543 --> 01:10:15,711 BASICALLY, AS HE WAS A, GOOD 2112 01:10:15,711 --> 01:10:17,279 GOVERNANCE. HIS TALKING POINTS 2113 01:10:17,279 --> 01:10:18,113 ARE GOOD GOVERNANCE AND MAKING 2114 01:10:18,113 --> 01:10:20,983 SURE THAT THERE IS A PLAN FOR 2115 01:10:20,983 --> 01:10:21,717 THE OVERALL COMMITMENT TO THE 2116 01:10:21,717 --> 01:10:22,751 4000 SHELTERS AND FIGURING OUT, 2117 01:10:22,751 --> 01:10:26,822 MAKING SURE THAT THAT REPORT IS 2118 01:10:26,822 --> 01:10:28,057 DUE IN SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE, AND 2119 01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:36,332 WANTED TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S 2120 01:10:36,332 --> 01:10:37,066 OFFICE. IS IT SEPTEMBER? 2121 01:10:37,066 --> 01:10:37,866 >> IT IS. 2122 01:10:37,866 --> 01:10:39,101 >> AWESOME. JUST TO HAVE A PLAN 2123 01:10:39,101 --> 01:10:40,302 FOR WORD WHICH HELPS THE 2124 01:10:40,302 --> 01:10:41,437 COUNCIL, AS WELL AS WE ARE DOING 2125 01:10:41,437 --> 01:10:42,738 OUR BUDGET PROCESS. IT IS 2126 01:10:42,738 --> 01:10:43,472 SOMETHING I SUPPORT. LOOKING 2127 01:10:43,472 --> 01:10:44,974 FORWARD TO THAT. THANK YOU, 2128 01:10:44,974 --> 01:10:46,609 CHAIR. YOU ARE THE CHAIR. THANK 2129 01:10:46,609 --> 01:10:48,344 YOU CHAIR STRAUSS. I CAN SPEAK 2130 01:10:48,344 --> 01:10:54,216 ON -- ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER 2131 01:10:54,216 --> 01:10:59,288 SAKA'S AMENDMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY 2132 01:10:59,288 --> 01:11:00,456 REFLECTS FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY 2133 01:11:00,456 --> 01:11:01,323 FROM RESIDENTS, THAT HE HAS 2134 01:11:01,323 --> 01:11:02,858 HEARD THAT ARE NEAR EXISTING 2135 01:11:02,858 --> 01:11:10,165 SHELTERS . EXAMPLE WOULD BE CAMP 2136 01:11:10,165 --> 01:11:10,766 SECOND CHANCE. HE REQUESTS 2137 01:11:10,766 --> 01:11:11,700 EXECUTIVE TO DEVELOP AND 2138 01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:12,668 IMPLEMENT A PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN 2139 01:11:12,668 --> 01:11:13,435 AROUND NEW SHELTERS THAT 2140 01:11:13,435 --> 01:11:14,003 INCLUDES UPFRONT SAFETY 2141 01:11:14,003 --> 01:11:14,870 ASSESSMENTS, CROSS DEPARTMENT 2142 01:11:14,870 --> 01:11:15,804 COORDINATION, ONGOING 2143 01:11:15,804 --> 01:11:19,508 NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT , AND A 2144 01:11:19,508 --> 01:11:20,943 GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT WITH THE 2145 01:11:20,943 --> 01:11:28,717 NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT PLANS. 2146 01:11:28,717 --> 01:11:29,351 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA UNDERSTANDS 2147 01:11:29,351 --> 01:11:30,219 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS ALREADY 2148 01:11:30,219 --> 01:11:30,986 ANTICIPATING TOO MUCH OF THIS, 2149 01:11:30,986 --> 01:11:31,854 BUT THIS AMENDMENT FORMALIZES 2150 01:11:31,854 --> 01:11:32,821 AND CLARIFIES THESE 2151 01:11:32,821 --> 01:11:43,332 EXPECTATIONS. I JUST WANT TO 2152 01:11:48,537 --> 01:11:49,772 NOTE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD 2153 01:11:49,772 --> 01:11:50,572 NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS IN SEATTLE. 2154 01:11:50,572 --> 01:11:51,974 ONE OF THE MAIN MISSING PIECES 2155 01:11:51,974 --> 01:11:52,641 OFTENTIMES IS JUST THE 2156 01:11:52,641 --> 01:11:53,676 COMMUNICATION PIECE AND POINT OF 2157 01:11:53,676 --> 01:11:54,476 CONTACT FOR THOSE ENCAMPMENTS. 2158 01:11:54,476 --> 01:11:55,544 SOMEONE TO CONTACT THE SLIDES 2159 01:11:55,544 --> 01:11:56,545 THE COUNCILMEMBER OR POLICE OR 2160 01:11:56,545 --> 01:11:58,013 911. THAT IS KIND OF THE BIGGEST 2161 01:11:58,013 --> 01:11:59,281 PIECE IN THAT AS WELL. JUST 2162 01:11:59,281 --> 01:12:00,282 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THANK 2163 01:12:00,282 --> 01:12:00,683 YOU, CHAIR. 2164 01:12:00,683 --> 01:12:01,684 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2165 01:12:01,684 --> 01:12:02,484 HOLLINGSWORTH. WE HAVE HAD 2166 01:12:02,484 --> 01:12:05,921 AMENDMENTS ONE, TWO, AND NINE 2167 01:12:05,921 --> 01:12:06,789 ADDRESS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 2168 01:12:06,789 --> 01:12:07,489 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS YOURS? 2169 01:12:07,623 --> 01:12:09,291 >> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR. MY TWO 2170 01:12:09,291 --> 01:12:13,295 AMENDMENTS. ONE IS MAKING SURE 2171 01:12:13,295 --> 01:12:15,331 -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST 2172 01:12:15,331 --> 01:12:20,302 COMMITTEE MEETING . THERE ARE 2173 01:12:20,302 --> 01:12:21,670 SOME FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO 2174 01:12:21,670 --> 01:12:26,608 RECOVER FROM ADDICTIONS . IT IS 2175 01:12:26,608 --> 01:12:28,210 NOT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THEM TO BE 2176 01:12:28,210 --> 01:12:28,844 IN A SHELTER WITH OTHER FOLKS 2177 01:12:28,844 --> 01:12:33,048 WHO ARE USING . AND SO, IT IS 2178 01:12:33,048 --> 01:12:34,049 IMPORTANT FOR US TO SUPPORT 2179 01:12:34,049 --> 01:12:36,085 FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING TREATMENT 2180 01:12:36,085 --> 01:12:38,153 AND WANT TO STAY SOBER AND WANT 2181 01:12:38,153 --> 01:12:40,789 TO CONTINUE IN THEIR RECOVERY. 2182 01:12:40,789 --> 01:12:42,858 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 2183 01:12:42,858 --> 01:12:44,693 PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR 2184 01:12:44,693 --> 01:12:52,835 MOUTH IS AND SUPPORTING FOLKS 2185 01:12:52,835 --> 01:12:54,436 WHO ARE TRYING TO RECOVER. SO 2186 01:12:54,436 --> 01:12:55,037 THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE 2187 01:12:55,037 --> 01:12:56,138 THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE 2188 01:12:56,138 --> 01:12:57,239 SHELTERS IS A RECOVERY SHELTER 2189 01:12:57,239 --> 01:12:58,574 SO THAT WOULD BE SOBER SHELTER 2190 01:12:58,574 --> 01:12:59,675 SO FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO 2191 01:12:59,675 --> 01:13:04,179 RECOVER ARE BEST SUPPORTED. AND 2192 01:13:04,179 --> 01:13:05,981 THEN, ON MY SECOND AMENDMENT, IT 2193 01:13:05,981 --> 01:13:07,316 GOES TO , IT'S IMPORTANT TO 2194 01:13:07,316 --> 01:13:10,686 PRIORITIZE WHEREVER THESE 2195 01:13:10,686 --> 01:13:16,125 SHELTERS ARE BEING PLACED THE 2196 01:13:16,125 --> 01:13:17,292 UNHOUSED FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT 2197 01:13:17,292 --> 01:13:20,329 NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE PRIORITIZED . 2198 01:13:20,329 --> 01:13:21,764 NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BUT PRIORITIZED 2199 01:13:21,764 --> 01:13:24,399 FOR SHELTER IN THAT PARTICULAR 2200 01:13:24,399 --> 01:13:30,172 SHELTER TO BE HOUSED IN THAT 2201 01:13:30,172 --> 01:13:30,873 PARTICULAR SHELTER. IT SEEMS 2202 01:13:30,873 --> 01:13:32,007 THAT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS 2203 01:13:32,007 --> 01:13:42,551 ABSORBING THE SHELTER THAT THEY 2204 01:13:53,429 --> 01:13:54,463 SHOULD HAVE A PRIORITY WHEN IT 2205 01:13:54,463 --> 01:13:55,831 COMES TO THE UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS 2206 01:13:55,831 --> 01:13:56,932 THAT ARE NEAR THAT SHELTER. IT 2207 01:13:56,932 --> 01:13:58,167 JUST MAKES SENSE. THAT IS WHAT 2208 01:13:58,167 --> 01:13:59,301 THESE TWO ARE. CHAIR, I WANT TO 2209 01:13:59,301 --> 01:14:00,369 MAKE SOME BROAD COMMENTS. YOU 2210 01:14:00,369 --> 01:14:01,637 TELL ME WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE 2211 01:14:01,637 --> 01:14:03,172 ME TO DO THAT NOW OR AFTER WE 2212 01:14:03,172 --> 01:14:03,806 PASS THESE AMENDMENTS. 2213 01:14:03,806 --> 01:14:05,073 >> COMMENTS ABOUT THE BILL, THE 2214 01:14:05,073 --> 01:14:06,074 UNDERLYING BILL? LET'S PASS THE 2215 01:14:06,074 --> 01:14:07,342 AMENDMENTS AND THEN COME BACK TO 2216 01:14:07,342 --> 01:14:08,143 COMMENTS ABOUT THE UNDERLYING 2217 01:14:08,143 --> 01:14:09,044 BILL AS AMENDED. 2218 01:14:09,044 --> 01:14:09,878 >> GREAT. UNLESS THERE ANY 2219 01:14:09,878 --> 01:14:11,013 QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE TWO FROM 2220 01:14:11,013 --> 01:14:11,447 MY COLLEAGUES, -- 2221 01:14:11,447 --> 01:14:12,714 >> FANTASTIC. I DO HAVE A 2222 01:14:12,714 --> 01:14:13,849 QUESTION FOR YOU, VICE CHAIR. DO 2223 01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:15,384 HAVE A QUESTION FOR TRACI ABOUT 2224 01:14:15,384 --> 01:14:16,919 YOUR AMENDMENT ON SOBER AND 2225 01:14:16,919 --> 01:14:18,220 CLEAN SHELTER, WHICH I FIND TO 2226 01:14:18,220 --> 01:14:19,655 BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE 2227 01:14:19,655 --> 01:14:20,456 ECOSYSTEM OF SHELTER AND 2228 01:14:20,456 --> 01:14:21,590 RECOVERY. IN THIS LAST YEAR 2229 01:14:21,590 --> 01:14:22,791 UNDER THE NEW FEDERAL 2230 01:14:22,791 --> 01:14:25,060 ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE SEEN A 2231 01:14:25,060 --> 01:14:27,396 LOT OF FUNDING SHIFTS COMING 2232 01:14:27,396 --> 01:14:28,730 FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 2233 01:14:28,730 --> 01:14:39,274 TRACY -- TRACI, CAN YOU GIVE US 2234 01:14:39,541 --> 01:14:40,475 A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW SESSION 2235 01:14:40,475 --> 01:14:41,810 MAYBE I WILL STATE MY ASSUMPTION 2236 01:14:41,810 --> 01:14:43,111 HERE, WHICH IS THAT THERE ARE 2237 01:14:43,111 --> 01:14:43,812 FEWER FEDERAL DOLLARS GOING TO 2238 01:14:43,812 --> 01:14:44,913 LOW BARRIER HOUSING AND SHELTER 2239 01:14:44,913 --> 01:14:46,248 . MORE GOING TO CLEAN AND SOBER 2240 01:14:46,248 --> 01:14:47,216 ABSTINENCE-BASED HOUSING AND 2241 01:14:47,216 --> 01:14:49,318 SHELTER . WE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL 2242 01:14:49,318 --> 01:14:53,722 ARE NOW HAVING TO REPRIORITIZE 2243 01:14:53,722 --> 01:14:54,857 HOW WE ARE USING DOLLARS BECAUSE 2244 01:14:54,857 --> 01:14:56,458 OF THAT FEDERAL SHIFT. IS THAT 2245 01:14:56,458 --> 01:14:58,827 CORRECT? 2246 01:14:58,827 --> 01:15:00,195 >> I WOULD SAY THAT, LITERALLY, 2247 01:15:00,195 --> 01:15:01,730 THE JURY IS OUT ON THAT. WE ARE 2248 01:15:01,730 --> 01:15:03,365 IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVERAL 2249 01:15:03,365 --> 01:15:04,399 LAWSUITS, I THINK. ONE IN 2250 01:15:04,399 --> 01:15:10,706 PARTICULAR, BUT SEVERAL , OVER 2251 01:15:10,706 --> 01:15:11,273 THE INTENTION OF THE 2252 01:15:11,273 --> 01:15:12,641 ADMINISTRATION TO TRY TO DO AWAY 2253 01:15:12,641 --> 01:15:13,475 OR MINIMIZE LOW BARRIER SHELTER 2254 01:15:13,475 --> 01:15:15,377 OR HOUSING IN PARTICULAR. IT IS 2255 01:15:15,377 --> 01:15:20,749 CLEAR THAT THE ADMINISTRATION 2256 01:15:20,749 --> 01:15:21,750 HAS INDICATED INTENT TO WANT TO 2257 01:15:21,750 --> 01:15:23,118 SUPPORT MORE RECOVERY HOUSING 2258 01:15:23,118 --> 01:15:26,388 AND LESS LOW BARRIER HOUSING AND 2259 01:15:26,388 --> 01:15:34,663 SHELTER, BUT THE COURTS NEED TO 2260 01:15:34,663 --> 01:15:35,264 DECIDE THAT, ACTUALLY. 2261 01:15:35,264 --> 01:15:36,498 >> THAT IS A COURT DECISION 2262 01:15:36,498 --> 01:15:37,633 ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AT THIS 2263 01:15:37,633 --> 01:15:38,967 FUNDING WHEN THEY COME OUT WITH 2264 01:15:38,967 --> 01:15:49,444 NEXT YEAR'S GRANT CYCLE , THEY 2265 01:15:49,444 --> 01:15:50,412 COULD JUST MAKE THOSE CHANGES 2266 01:15:50,412 --> 01:15:51,580 INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GO BACK AND 2267 01:15:51,580 --> 01:15:52,514 REOPEN THE EXISTING CONTRACTS, 2268 01:15:52,514 --> 01:15:52,781 CORRECT? 2269 01:15:52,781 --> 01:15:53,849 >> I THINK THAT IS UNCLEAR, 2270 01:15:53,849 --> 01:15:54,850 ACTUALLY. THEY MAY BE IN 2271 01:15:54,850 --> 01:15:56,118 VIOLATION OF PROVISIONAL ACTION. 2272 01:15:56,118 --> 01:15:58,053 AGAIN, LITERALLY, THIS IS IN 2273 01:15:58,053 --> 01:15:58,787 FRONT OF THE COURTS TO DECIDE. 2274 01:15:58,787 --> 01:16:00,022 >> FAIR ENOUGH. I SURE HOPE 2275 01:16:00,022 --> 01:16:00,822 THERE IS CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT 2276 01:16:00,822 --> 01:16:02,491 ACTION. WITH THAT, THIS BRINGS 2277 01:16:02,491 --> 01:16:12,968 UP THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION. 2278 01:16:15,504 --> 01:16:17,339 COUNCILOR RINCK HAS BEEN VERY 2279 01:16:17,339 --> 01:16:18,006 ACTIVE IN HAVING THE COC FUNDING 2280 01:16:18,006 --> 01:16:18,874 CONVERSATION. I SHARE VICE CHAIR 2281 01:16:18,874 --> 01:16:19,808 RIVERA'S INTENT HERE THAT WE 2282 01:16:19,808 --> 01:16:21,143 NEED TO HAVE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES 2283 01:16:21,143 --> 01:16:21,944 OF SHELTER REPRESENTED IN 2284 01:16:21,944 --> 01:16:23,512 EXPANSION, AND JUST NOTING MY 2285 01:16:23,512 --> 01:16:28,216 CONTINUED OBSERVATION . IF THE 2286 01:16:28,216 --> 01:16:29,051 FEDERAL FUNDING IS SHIFTING, 2287 01:16:29,051 --> 01:16:30,819 THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO NEED 2288 01:16:30,819 --> 01:16:32,354 TO SHIFT OUR LOCAL FUNDING AS 2289 01:16:32,354 --> 01:16:33,355 WELL. 2290 01:16:33,355 --> 01:16:35,057 >> YES, CHAIR. REGARDLESS OF THE 2291 01:16:35,057 --> 01:16:37,426 FUNDING , WE NEED MORE RECOVERY 2292 01:16:37,426 --> 01:16:41,496 SHELTER IN SEATTLE FOR FOLKS 2293 01:16:41,496 --> 01:16:42,597 THAT ARE TRYING TO RECOVER. I 2294 01:16:42,597 --> 01:16:48,804 HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS IN 2295 01:16:48,804 --> 01:16:49,871 COMMUNITY WHO FEEL THIS WAY. SO 2296 01:16:49,871 --> 01:16:51,640 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 2297 01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:52,674 SUPPORTING OUR FOLKS WHO ARE 2298 01:16:52,674 --> 01:16:54,409 TRYING TO RECOVER. FULL STOP. 2299 01:16:54,409 --> 01:16:54,843 THANK YOU. 2300 01:16:54,843 --> 01:16:56,578 >> GREAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR 2301 01:16:56,578 --> 01:16:59,481 QUESTIONS ON AMENDMENTS ONE, 2302 01:16:59,481 --> 01:17:06,989 TWO, SIX, EIGHT, OR NINE? SEEING 2303 01:17:06,989 --> 01:17:07,923 NO FURTHER COMMENTS, THE 2304 01:17:07,923 --> 01:17:09,091 AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MOVED AND 2305 01:17:09,091 --> 01:17:10,359 SECONDED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2306 01:17:10,359 --> 01:17:11,593 CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENTS ONE, 2307 01:17:11,593 --> 01:17:14,663 TWO, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE ON 2308 01:17:14,663 --> 01:17:15,631 AMENDMENTS ONE, TWO, SIX, EIGHT 2309 01:17:15,631 --> 01:17:17,099 AND 92 COUNCIL BILL 121185? 2310 01:17:17,099 --> 01:17:18,900 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2311 01:17:18,900 --> 01:17:19,267 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2312 01:17:19,267 --> 01:17:29,411 >> AYE. 2313 01:17:38,220 --> 01:17:38,787 >> VICE CHAIR RIVERA. 2314 01:17:38,787 --> 01:17:39,121 >> AYE. 2315 01:17:39,121 --> 01:17:39,721 >> CHAIR STRAUSS. 2316 01:17:39,721 --> 01:17:40,188 >> UDUB. 2317 01:17:40,188 --> 01:17:41,289 >> THREE IN FAVOR AND NONE 2318 01:17:41,289 --> 01:17:41,556 OPPOSED. 2319 01:17:41,556 --> 01:17:42,658 >> AMENDMENT ONE, TWO, SIX, 2320 01:17:42,658 --> 01:17:43,558 EIGHT AND NINE HAVE BEEN 2321 01:17:43,558 --> 01:17:44,459 ATTACHED AND AMEND COUNCIL BILL 2322 01:17:44,459 --> 01:17:45,927 121185. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON 2323 01:17:45,927 --> 01:17:47,896 TO THE NEXT SET OF AMENDMENTS 2324 01:17:47,896 --> 01:17:49,197 THAT WERE NOT BRIEFED IN 2325 01:17:49,197 --> 01:17:49,798 COMMITTEE LAST TIME. WE ARE 2326 01:17:49,798 --> 01:17:51,033 GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT 2327 01:17:51,033 --> 01:17:52,234 LONGER TO WALK THROUGH THEM. WE 2328 01:17:52,234 --> 01:17:55,671 ARE IN GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW. 2329 01:17:55,671 --> 01:17:56,705 10:50 AND WE HAVE UNTIL, 2330 01:17:56,705 --> 01:17:57,973 TECHNICALLY, 11:30, BUT WE STILL 2331 01:17:57,973 --> 01:17:58,940 HAVE ONE MORE BILL. THAT IS 2332 01:17:58,940 --> 01:18:09,484 WHERE WE ARE. WITH THAT, I WILL 2333 01:18:13,088 --> 01:18:14,022 MOVE AMENDMENT 32 COUNCIL BILL 2334 01:18:14,022 --> 01:18:14,990 121185. IS THERE A SECOND? 2335 01:18:14,990 --> 01:18:15,390 >> SECOND. 2336 01:18:15,390 --> 01:18:16,458 >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 2337 01:18:16,458 --> 01:18:17,659 SECONDED TO A MOUND COUNCIL BILL 2338 01:18:17,659 --> 01:18:18,794 121185 WITH AMENDMENT THREE AS 2339 01:18:18,794 --> 01:18:19,761 SHOWN ON THE AGENDA. TRACI, 2340 01:18:19,761 --> 01:18:21,463 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A 2341 01:18:21,463 --> 01:18:25,801 BRIEFING? THIS IS A MEMBER 2342 01:18:25,801 --> 01:18:27,102 JUAREZ A MOMENT I AM SPONSORING 2343 01:18:27,102 --> 01:18:28,003 BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS 2344 01:18:28,003 --> 01:18:29,471 NOT ON THE COMMITTEE. 2345 01:18:29,471 --> 01:18:34,309 >> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD REQUEST 2346 01:18:34,309 --> 01:18:35,510 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE 2347 01:18:35,510 --> 01:18:36,478 MONTHLY REPORTS ON INDICATORS OF 2348 01:18:36,478 --> 01:18:37,546 PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE AREA 2349 01:18:37,546 --> 01:18:38,447 SURROUNDING NEW SHELTERS. THE 2350 01:18:38,447 --> 01:18:40,048 REPORT SHOULD BE CEMENTED TO THE 2351 01:18:40,048 --> 01:18:42,751 COUNCIL OFFICE IN WHICH THE 2352 01:18:42,751 --> 01:18:44,019 SHELTER IS LOCATED. I HAVE PUT 2353 01:18:44,019 --> 01:18:45,053 THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE 2354 01:18:45,053 --> 01:18:46,254 AMENDMENT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR 2355 01:18:46,254 --> 01:18:48,290 THE PUBLIC'S ENJOYMENT. 2356 01:18:48,290 --> 01:18:53,729 >> THANK YOU , TRACI. I AM GOING 2357 01:18:53,729 --> 01:18:57,032 TO SHARE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2358 01:18:57,032 --> 01:19:02,237 EMERITUS JUAREZ'S COMMENTS. 2359 01:19:02,237 --> 01:19:03,538 DESCRIBING THE AMENDMENT BEFORE 2360 01:19:03,538 --> 01:19:12,013 US. SHE SAYS IT IS THE 2361 01:19:12,013 --> 01:19:13,281 COUNCIL'S INTENT THAT THE 2362 01:19:13,281 --> 01:19:13,882 MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL PROVIDE 2363 01:19:13,882 --> 01:19:14,983 MONTHLY REPORTS ON THE SAFETY OF 2364 01:19:14,983 --> 01:19:16,318 SHELTER COMMUNITIES AND THE 2365 01:19:16,318 --> 01:19:21,223 SURROUNDING AREAS. IN 2366 01:19:21,223 --> 01:19:22,157 PARTICULAR, TINY HOUSE VILLAGES. 2367 01:19:22,157 --> 01:19:23,024 THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 2368 01:19:23,024 --> 01:19:24,092 PUBLIC SAFETY AND MUST BE 2369 01:19:24,092 --> 01:19:25,293 PROACTIVE IN THIS ROLE. 2370 01:19:25,293 --> 01:19:29,531 HOMELESSNESS TODAY IS NOT THE 2371 01:19:29,531 --> 01:19:31,066 SAME AS IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO. WE 2372 01:19:31,066 --> 01:19:32,367 HAVE GOTTEN MANY PEOPLE OFF THE 2373 01:19:32,367 --> 01:19:34,503 STREETS WHO HAVE STRAIGHTFORWARD 2374 01:19:34,503 --> 01:19:36,171 ISSUES, AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE 2375 01:19:36,171 --> 01:19:37,172 REMAINING HAVE THE MOST COMPLEX 2376 01:19:37,172 --> 01:19:41,643 ISSUES. SAID ANOTHER WAY, THIS 2377 01:19:41,643 --> 01:19:42,911 IS MY WORDS, TINY HOMES HAVE 2378 01:19:42,911 --> 01:19:43,945 BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR 2379 01:19:43,945 --> 01:19:45,247 MANY PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, AND 2380 01:19:45,247 --> 01:19:46,248 THE FOLKS THAT ARE REMAINING 2381 01:19:46,248 --> 01:19:49,584 TODAY HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL 2382 01:19:49,584 --> 01:19:51,019 IN TINY HOMES. THAT IS WHERE I 2383 01:19:51,019 --> 01:19:52,120 THINK WE SHARE A GOAL IN 2384 01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:57,092 ADDRESSING THIS POPULATION. BACK 2385 01:19:57,092 --> 01:19:58,093 TO THE COMMENTS. THIS AMENDMENT 2386 01:19:58,093 --> 01:19:59,094 WOULD AID THE CITY IN 2387 01:19:59,094 --> 01:19:59,961 IDENTIFYING PUBLIC SAFETY TRENDS 2388 01:19:59,961 --> 01:20:00,962 AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TINY HOUSE 2389 01:20:00,962 --> 01:20:08,570 VILLAGES AND OTHER SHELTER 2390 01:20:08,570 --> 01:20:09,671 COMMUNITIES SO WE MAY ACT WHEN 2391 01:20:09,671 --> 01:20:10,672 THINGS ARE GOING WRONG. THESE 2392 01:20:10,672 --> 01:20:11,706 REPORTS WOULD BE PULLED FROM 2393 01:20:11,706 --> 01:20:12,707 ALREADY EXISTING DATA SOURCES, 2394 01:20:12,707 --> 01:20:18,680 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 2395 01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:19,648 THE CRITICAL INCIDENT REPORTS, A 2396 01:20:19,648 --> 01:20:20,582 REQUIREMENT OF THE CURRENT KING 2397 01:20:20,582 --> 01:20:21,216 COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS 2398 01:20:21,216 --> 01:20:22,417 AUTHORITY PROJECT SERVICE 2399 01:20:22,417 --> 01:20:32,861 AGREEMENT, SCHEDULE WHERE 2400 01:20:37,465 --> 01:20:38,033 SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED 2401 01:20:38,033 --> 01:20:39,334 TO REPORT WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS 2402 01:20:39,334 --> 01:20:40,068 OF ANY HOMICIDES, SUICIDES, 2403 01:20:40,068 --> 01:20:40,635 UNINFECTED DEBTS, SEXUAL 2404 01:20:40,635 --> 01:20:41,703 ASSAULT, SEXUAL EXPECTATION OF A 2405 01:20:41,703 --> 01:20:42,470 TRIAL, PHYSICAL ASSAULT LEADING 2406 01:20:42,470 --> 01:20:43,538 TO HOSPITAL STATION OR CREDIBLE 2407 01:20:43,538 --> 01:20:44,539 THREATS TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY 2408 01:20:44,539 --> 01:20:45,540 OR HATE CRIMES. THESE REPORTS 2409 01:20:45,540 --> 01:20:46,608 WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE GOOD 2410 01:20:46,608 --> 01:20:47,976 NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS REQUIRED BY 2411 01:20:47,976 --> 01:20:49,911 THE CONTRACT , DATA FROM THE 2412 01:20:49,911 --> 01:20:51,479 UNIFIED CARE TEAM RELATING TO 2413 01:20:51,479 --> 01:21:01,056 THE SHELTER , FIND IT FIX-IT 2414 01:21:01,056 --> 01:21:01,957 SERVICE REPORTS FROM THE 2415 01:21:01,957 --> 01:21:02,591 COMMUNITY ABOUT THE SHELTER AND 2416 01:21:02,591 --> 01:21:03,592 SURROUNDING AREAS, AS WELL AS 2417 01:21:03,592 --> 01:21:04,626 911 CALLS, INCLUDING CALLS FROM 2418 01:21:04,626 --> 01:21:05,260 THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2419 01:21:05,260 --> 01:21:05,927 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CARE 2420 01:21:05,927 --> 01:21:06,862 DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THEY HAVE 2421 01:21:06,862 --> 01:21:07,896 RESPONDED TO. THIS WILL BE 2422 01:21:07,896 --> 01:21:08,897 PROVIDED MONTHLY TO COUNCIL 2423 01:21:08,897 --> 01:21:09,698 MEMBERS BOTH CITYWIDE AND 2424 01:21:09,698 --> 01:21:16,238 DISTRICT BY DISTRICT . THAT IS 2425 01:21:16,238 --> 01:21:17,138 COUNCIL PRESIDENT EMERITUS 2426 01:21:17,138 --> 01:21:18,039 JUAREZ'S REPORT. ARE THERE ANY 2427 01:21:18,039 --> 01:21:22,444 QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES? VICE 2428 01:21:22,444 --> 01:21:22,677 CHAIR. 2429 01:21:22,677 --> 01:21:23,878 >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO 2430 01:21:23,878 --> 01:21:24,679 THANK BOTH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 2431 01:21:24,679 --> 01:21:26,147 AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THEIR 2432 01:21:26,147 --> 01:21:28,717 PUBLIC SAFETY AMENDMENTS. I TOO 2433 01:21:28,717 --> 01:21:29,718 WAS CONSIDERING BRINGING 2434 01:21:29,718 --> 01:21:30,919 AMENDMENTS, AND WHEN OUR 2435 01:21:30,919 --> 01:21:37,726 COLLEAGUES -- THERE IS NO NEED 2436 01:21:37,726 --> 01:21:39,027 TO DO SO INDIVIDUALLY. BUT I 2437 01:21:39,027 --> 01:21:40,195 WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE -- YOU HAVE 2438 01:21:40,195 --> 01:21:41,496 HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES FROM THE 2439 01:21:41,496 --> 01:21:42,397 DAIS, INCLUDING AT, I BELIEVE, 2440 01:21:42,397 --> 01:21:43,698 THE LAST MEETING, ABOUT MY 2441 01:21:43,698 --> 01:21:44,432 CONCERN AROUND THE PUBLIC SAFETY 2442 01:21:44,432 --> 01:21:54,943 ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE AS A 2443 01:22:01,783 --> 01:22:02,884 CONSEQUENCE OF WHERE SOME OF THE 2444 01:22:02,884 --> 01:22:03,485 SHELTERS ARE PLACED, MAINLY 2445 01:22:03,485 --> 01:22:04,853 BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS 2446 01:22:04,853 --> 01:22:05,654 THAT CALM, INCLUDING DRUG 2447 01:22:05,654 --> 01:22:06,655 DEALERS, NEAR THOUGH SHELTERS 2448 01:22:06,655 --> 01:22:07,489 BECAUSE THEY HAVE, SADLY, A 2449 01:22:07,489 --> 01:22:08,657 CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. WE NEED TO 2450 01:22:08,657 --> 01:22:09,791 MAKE SURE WE ARE SUPPORTING BOTH 2451 01:22:09,791 --> 01:22:10,959 THE FOLKS LIVING INSIDE THE TINY 2452 01:22:10,959 --> 01:22:12,060 HOMES, AND ALSO THE SURROUNDING 2453 01:22:12,060 --> 01:22:12,861 NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK THE 2454 01:22:12,861 --> 01:22:13,929 PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS ARE REALLY 2455 01:22:13,929 --> 01:22:14,729 IMPORTANT. AND THEN REPORTING 2456 01:22:14,729 --> 01:22:16,331 OUT ON THOSE PLANS AS WELL. I AM 2457 01:22:16,331 --> 01:22:18,967 ALSO GOING TO BE -- IN PREVIEW, 2458 01:22:18,967 --> 01:22:20,268 BRINGING SOMETHING TO OUR LAND 2459 01:22:20,268 --> 01:22:22,270 USE LEGISLATION RELATED TO 2460 01:22:22,270 --> 01:22:30,045 PUBLIC SAFETY. SO REALLY, AGAIN, 2461 01:22:30,045 --> 01:22:31,012 WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS 2462 01:22:31,012 --> 01:22:32,213 JUAREZ AND SAKA FOR BRINGING 2463 01:22:32,213 --> 01:22:42,757 THIS FORWARD RELATED TO PUBLIC 2464 01:22:43,892 --> 01:22:44,392 SAFETY. I COULD NOT 2465 01:22:44,392 --> 01:22:45,627 WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE MORE AND 2466 01:22:45,627 --> 01:22:46,728 WOULD WISH TO COSPONSOR IF I 2467 01:22:46,728 --> 01:22:47,796 COULD, BUT NEVERTHELESS, LOOKING 2468 01:22:47,796 --> 01:22:48,330 FORWARD TO PASSING THESE 2469 01:22:48,330 --> 01:22:48,797 THROUGH. THANK YOU. 2470 01:22:48,797 --> 01:22:49,531 >> WONDERFUL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 2471 01:22:49,531 --> 01:22:50,865 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS 2472 01:22:50,865 --> 01:22:58,473 AMENDMENT? 2473 01:22:58,473 --> 01:22:59,975 >> NONE AT ALL. THANK YOU, 2474 01:22:59,975 --> 01:23:00,275 CHAIR. 2475 01:23:00,275 --> 01:23:00,942 >> I WOULD APPRECIATE COUNCIL 2476 01:23:00,942 --> 01:23:01,810 MEMBER JUAREZ PROVIDING THE 2477 01:23:01,810 --> 01:23:02,978 SERVICE CONTRACTS IN THE ACTUAL 2478 01:23:02,978 --> 01:23:04,012 LANGUAGE FROM KING COUNTY 2479 01:23:04,012 --> 01:23:04,679 REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY. SHE 2480 01:23:04,679 --> 01:23:06,348 HAS A CONTRACT FOR A TINY HOUSE 2481 01:23:06,348 --> 01:23:13,621 VILLAGE IN MY DISTRICT THAT, ON 2482 01:23:13,621 --> 01:23:14,689 PAGE 19 OF THIS CONTRACT, 2483 01:23:14,689 --> 01:23:15,557 OUTLINES THE CRITICAL INCIDENT 2484 01:23:15,557 --> 01:23:16,825 REPORTING POLICY, AND THEN AS AN 2485 01:23:16,825 --> 01:23:17,559 ATTACHMENT TO THIS CONTRACT, 2486 01:23:17,559 --> 01:23:18,727 THERE IS A CRITICAL INCIDENT 2487 01:23:18,727 --> 01:23:19,527 REPORTING POLICY AND TEMPLATE. 2488 01:23:19,527 --> 01:23:20,628 WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS IS 2489 01:23:20,628 --> 01:23:21,730 THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT EMERITUS 2490 01:23:21,730 --> 01:23:22,564 IS NOT REINVENTING OR 2491 01:23:22,564 --> 01:23:24,733 RE-CREATING THE WHEEL AND SIMPLY 2492 01:23:24,733 --> 01:23:26,368 ASKING FOR DATA THAT IS ALREADY 2493 01:23:26,368 --> 01:23:28,103 COLLECTED TO BE SHARED WITH 2494 01:23:28,103 --> 01:23:38,012 COUNCIL MEMBERS . THAT IS MY 2495 01:23:38,012 --> 01:23:39,147 MOMENT OF APPRECIATION. IF THERE 2496 01:23:39,147 --> 01:23:39,714 ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR 2497 01:23:39,714 --> 01:23:40,482 QUESTIONS, I WILL ASKED THE 2498 01:23:40,482 --> 01:23:41,616 CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON 2499 01:23:41,616 --> 01:23:43,051 AMENDMENT THREE AS SHOWN ON THE 2500 01:23:43,051 --> 01:23:44,519 AGENDA TWO COUNCIL BILL 121185. 2501 01:23:44,519 --> 01:23:54,896 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2502 01:24:02,971 --> 01:24:03,271 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2503 01:24:03,271 --> 01:24:03,571 >> YES. 2504 01:24:03,571 --> 01:24:04,072 >> VICE CHAIR RIVERA. 2505 01:24:04,072 --> 01:24:04,506 >> AYE. 2506 01:24:04,506 --> 01:24:05,140 >> CHAIR STRAUSS. 2507 01:24:05,140 --> 01:24:05,540 >> AYE. 2508 01:24:05,540 --> 01:24:06,641 >> THREE IN FAVOR AND NONE 2509 01:24:06,641 --> 01:24:08,076 OPPOSED. COUNCIL BILL 121185 IS 2510 01:24:08,076 --> 01:24:08,910 AMENDED AS SHOWN ON THE AGENDA. 2511 01:24:08,910 --> 01:24:10,178 I WILL MOVE AMENDMENT 42 COUNCIL 2512 01:24:10,178 --> 01:24:10,512 BILL 121185. 2513 01:24:10,512 --> 01:24:10,912 >> SECOND. 2514 01:24:10,912 --> 01:24:12,347 >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 2515 01:24:12,347 --> 01:24:13,348 SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 2516 01:24:13,348 --> 01:24:14,416 121185 WITH THE AMENDMENT AS 2517 01:24:14,416 --> 01:24:24,959 SHOWN ON THE AGENDA. OVER TO YOU 2518 01:24:34,936 --> 01:24:35,904 TRACI, AND THEN I WILL MAKE 2519 01:24:35,904 --> 01:24:36,271 BRIEF REMARKS. 2520 01:24:36,271 --> 01:24:37,338 >> THIS PROVISION WOULD REQUEST 2521 01:24:37,338 --> 01:24:38,139 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO 2522 01:24:38,139 --> 01:24:39,073 COLLABORATE WITH THE COUNCIL TO 2523 01:24:39,073 --> 01:24:40,074 CONVENE A SHELTER ACUITY 2524 01:24:40,074 --> 01:24:40,975 WORKGROUP TO DETERMINE THE 2525 01:24:40,975 --> 01:24:41,976 ACUITY LEVELS TO BE SERVED, THE 2526 01:24:41,976 --> 01:24:43,144 SERVICES, THE COST PER UNIT TO 2527 01:24:43,144 --> 01:24:44,446 BE PROVIDED FOR THE FIRST 500 2528 01:24:44,446 --> 01:24:45,447 SHELTER UNITS AND ANY ADDITIONAL 2529 01:24:45,447 --> 01:24:46,414 UNITS CREATED BEYOND THOSE. THE 2530 01:24:46,414 --> 01:24:47,248 PROPOSAL SHOULD BE DEVELOPED 2531 01:24:47,248 --> 01:24:48,249 BEFORE ANY CONTRACT IS EXECUTED 2532 01:24:48,249 --> 01:24:49,050 WITH A SHELTER PROVIDER. 2533 01:24:49,050 --> 01:24:50,585 >> THANK YOU. THIS AMENDMENT 2534 01:24:50,585 --> 01:24:51,653 COMES FROM THE SPACE OF HEARING 2535 01:24:51,653 --> 01:24:52,754 SOME FOLKS FROM PUBLIC COMMENT, 2536 01:24:52,754 --> 01:24:53,555 WORKING WITH OTHER PROVIDERS, 2537 01:24:53,555 --> 01:24:55,623 AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 2538 01:24:55,623 --> 01:24:57,325 MAYOR'S OFFICE. I THINK YOU ALL 2539 01:24:57,325 --> 01:24:58,293 WOULD BE TIRED OF ME SAYING TINY 2540 01:24:58,293 --> 01:24:59,527 HOMES WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT 2541 01:24:59,527 --> 01:25:00,929 IT IS NOT WORKING FOR THE FOLKS 2542 01:25:00,929 --> 01:25:01,996 REMAINING ON THE STREETS. THE 2543 01:25:01,996 --> 01:25:03,364 REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE OF 2544 01:25:03,364 --> 01:25:05,033 HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO ME . I 2545 01:25:05,033 --> 01:25:06,034 AM NOT COMFORTABLE PASSING THIS 2546 01:25:06,034 --> 01:25:07,569 BUDGET TODAY THAT FUNDS ALL JUST 2547 01:25:07,569 --> 01:25:08,703 STRAIGHT TINY HOME VILLAGES THAT 2548 01:25:08,703 --> 01:25:09,904 ONLY HAVE A FRONT DESK CLERK AND 2549 01:25:09,904 --> 01:25:11,339 NO CASE MANAGEMENT. I HAVE -- I 2550 01:25:11,339 --> 01:25:13,241 WOULD HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH 2551 01:25:13,241 --> 01:25:20,215 THAT. WHAT I AM HOPEFUL OF, AND 2552 01:25:20,215 --> 01:25:21,349 WHAT I WOULD ADD URGENCY AND 2553 01:25:21,349 --> 01:25:22,851 VIGOR TO, IS OPENING ADDITIONAL 2554 01:25:22,851 --> 01:25:28,189 SHELTERS THAT ARE ABLE TO HAVE 2555 01:25:28,189 --> 01:25:29,424 FOLKS WHO ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS TO 2556 01:25:29,424 --> 01:25:30,592 HAVE THEIR PETS, TO HAVE THEIR 2557 01:25:30,592 --> 01:25:31,459 POSSESSIONS, TO HAVE THEIR 2558 01:25:31,459 --> 01:25:39,501 PARTNERS THAT COME WITH THAT 2559 01:25:39,501 --> 01:25:40,368 24/7 CASE MANAGEMENT WITH 2560 01:25:40,368 --> 01:25:40,969 MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT 2561 01:25:40,969 --> 01:25:43,071 AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THEY DON'T 2562 01:25:43,071 --> 01:25:43,705 HAVE TO TAKE TWO BUSES, PAST 2563 01:25:43,705 --> 01:25:44,739 THREE DRUG DEALERS, TO GET TO 2564 01:25:44,739 --> 01:25:45,940 THEIR CLINIC. WHAT I AM LOOKING 2565 01:25:45,940 --> 01:25:47,242 FOR IS, FRANKLY, A HIGHER COST 2566 01:25:47,242 --> 01:25:48,676 SHELTER BED THAT IS NOT 2567 01:25:48,676 --> 01:25:56,618 UNDERCOUNTING VOLUNTEER HOURS 2568 01:25:56,618 --> 01:25:58,086 AND DONATED LABOR AND DONATED 2569 01:25:58,086 --> 01:25:58,887 MATERIALS. WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR 2570 01:25:58,887 --> 01:26:02,857 IS A SHELTER SOLUTION THAT 2571 01:26:02,857 --> 01:26:03,725 SERVES THE PEOPLE REMAINING ON 2572 01:26:03,725 --> 01:26:04,826 OUR STREETS TODAY THAT HAVE THE 2573 01:26:04,826 --> 01:26:15,370 MOST COMPLEX ISSUES THAT CANNOT 2574 01:26:23,745 --> 01:26:24,612 BE SOLVED WITH JUST FOUR WALLS 2575 01:26:24,612 --> 01:26:26,080 AND A DOOR THEY CAN LOCK. THAT 2576 01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:27,448 REALLY ARE SOLVED WITH THE LEVEL 2577 01:26:27,448 --> 01:26:28,249 OF SERVICE PROVISION, CASE 2578 01:26:28,249 --> 01:26:29,384 MANAGEMENT, 24/7 CARE THAT IS 2579 01:26:29,384 --> 01:26:30,251 BEYOND JUST SOMEBODY SITTING AT 2580 01:26:30,251 --> 01:26:31,653 A FRONT DESPERATE I KNOW I AM 2581 01:26:31,653 --> 01:26:33,087 LOOKING AT ALL OF YOU. YOU ARE 2582 01:26:33,087 --> 01:26:34,088 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAS 2583 01:26:34,088 --> 01:26:35,523 HAPPENED IN THE PAST. I AM JUST 2584 01:26:35,523 --> 01:26:36,758 SIMPLY SHARING WITH YOU WHAT MY 2585 01:26:36,758 --> 01:26:37,959 OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FUTURE. HAD 2586 01:26:37,959 --> 01:26:39,594 WE HAD MORE TIME WITH THIS, I 2587 01:26:39,594 --> 01:26:41,062 WOULD HAVE SAID I NEED TO HAVE, 2588 01:26:41,062 --> 01:26:41,863 IN WRITING AGREEMENTS, THAT WE 2589 01:26:41,863 --> 01:26:43,498 ARE IN LINE. THIS IS THE MOMENT 2590 01:26:43,498 --> 01:26:45,366 OF, IF I WAS TO PAUSE AND DO ALL 2591 01:26:45,366 --> 01:26:46,601 THAT WORK TODAY, WE WOULDN'T 2592 01:26:46,601 --> 01:26:47,835 GET THIS MONEY OUT THE DOOR TO 2593 01:26:47,835 --> 01:26:49,237 BE SPENT THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS 2594 01:26:49,237 --> 01:26:50,972 THE MOMENT OF ME SAYING THAT I 2595 01:26:50,972 --> 01:26:54,776 APPRECIATE MAYOR WILSON AND HER 2596 01:26:54,776 --> 01:26:56,578 TEAM FOR SAYING WE HAVE TO MOVE 2597 01:26:56,578 --> 01:26:58,079 QUICKLY, WE HAVE TO MOVE NOW. 2598 01:26:58,079 --> 01:26:59,414 HERE IS THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO 2599 01:26:59,414 --> 01:27:01,916 DO IT. IN THAT MOMENT, I REQUEST 2600 01:27:01,916 --> 01:27:03,384 THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT THAT WE 2601 01:27:03,384 --> 01:27:03,985 WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY HOW 2602 01:27:03,985 --> 01:27:13,394 MANY MORE HIGH NEEDS COMPLEX 2603 01:27:13,394 --> 01:27:14,862 ISSUE SHELTER BEDS WE HAVE THAT 2604 01:27:14,862 --> 01:27:15,964 COME WITH THAT HIGH LEVEL OF 2605 01:27:15,964 --> 01:27:17,265 CARE, AND HOW MANY MORE SHELTERS 2606 01:27:17,265 --> 01:27:18,600 WE ACTUALLY NEED THAT JUST HAVE 2607 01:27:18,600 --> 01:27:19,767 A FRONT DESK CLERK. THE REASON I 2608 01:27:19,767 --> 01:27:20,702 MAKE THESE STATEMENTS IS BECAUSE 2609 01:27:20,702 --> 01:27:22,036 EVERY SINGLE SHELTER BED WE HAVE 2610 01:27:22,036 --> 01:27:24,606 CAN BE USED 2 TO 3 TIMES TO HELP 2611 01:27:24,606 --> 01:27:27,108 2 TO 3 TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS 2612 01:27:27,108 --> 01:27:36,351 COMPARED TO TODAY WITH A HIGHER 2613 01:27:36,351 --> 01:27:36,818 THROUGHPUT. THAT IS A 2614 01:27:36,818 --> 01:27:37,418 CONVERSATION I THINK THERE IS 2615 01:27:37,418 --> 01:27:38,052 BROAD AGREEMENT ON. I WANT TO 2616 01:27:38,052 --> 01:27:39,087 REALLY GET INTO THAT, BECAUSE 2617 01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:39,954 THERE IS NOT UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT 2618 01:27:39,954 --> 01:27:44,959 IN HOW MANY SHELTER BEDS WE HAVE 2619 01:27:44,959 --> 01:27:46,794 THAT WE NEED IN THE CITY TO 2620 01:27:46,794 --> 01:27:47,595 ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE I 2621 01:27:47,595 --> 01:27:48,830 WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR REGIONAL 2622 01:27:48,830 --> 01:27:56,638 NEIGHBORS PARTICIPATE MORE. AND 2623 01:27:56,638 --> 01:27:58,206 OR BUT, WHAT THERE IS AGREEMENT 2624 01:27:58,206 --> 01:27:58,873 IN TODAY IS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED 2625 01:27:58,873 --> 01:28:06,514 MORE SHELTER BEDS TODAY. WHAT 2626 01:28:06,514 --> 01:28:07,115 THAT HIGH-LEVEL NUMBER IS, I 2627 01:28:07,115 --> 01:28:07,782 DON'T THINK THERE IS UNIVERSAL 2628 01:28:07,782 --> 01:28:08,383 AGREEMENT. THERE IS AGREEMENT 2629 01:28:08,383 --> 01:28:11,085 THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING 2630 01:28:11,085 --> 01:28:12,820 TODAY. I APPRECIATE MAYOR WILSON 2631 01:28:12,820 --> 01:28:13,421 AND THE TEAM FOR KEEPING THIS 2632 01:28:13,421 --> 01:28:23,731 MOVING. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR 2633 01:28:23,731 --> 01:28:24,399 PARTNERING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE 2634 01:28:24,399 --> 01:28:25,033 IMPLEMENT THESE DOLLARS. THAT IS 2635 01:28:25,033 --> 01:28:25,933 THE INTENT OF THIS AMENDMENT. 2636 01:28:25,933 --> 01:28:26,601 COLLIES, ANY QUESTIONS OR 2637 01:28:26,601 --> 01:28:27,635 COMMENTS? VICE CHAIR. 2638 01:28:27,635 --> 01:28:29,037 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. TRACI, ARE 2639 01:28:29,037 --> 01:28:29,637 YOU ABLE TO TELL ME -- I KNOW 2640 01:28:29,637 --> 01:28:31,172 YOU CAME INTO THIS LATER , SO IF 2641 01:28:31,172 --> 01:28:32,707 YOU CAN'T, PERHAPS, THE SPONSOR 2642 01:28:32,707 --> 01:28:35,109 CAN ADDRESS IT. WHO WOULD BE 2643 01:28:35,109 --> 01:28:36,778 PART OF THIS WORKGROUP, AND HOW 2644 01:28:36,778 --> 01:28:40,114 WOULD WE -- SINCE THIS IS 2645 01:28:40,114 --> 01:28:41,716 SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BEFORE ANY 2646 01:28:41,716 --> 01:28:45,987 CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED, HOW WOULD 2647 01:28:45,987 --> 01:28:46,754 COUNCIL KNOW WHAT THE WORKGROUP 2648 01:28:46,754 --> 01:28:49,157 DECIDED IN ORDER TO WEIGH INTO 2649 01:28:49,157 --> 01:28:50,525 WHETHER WE AGREE OR NOT ON THE 2650 01:28:50,525 --> 01:28:55,830 PARTICULAR ASPECTS OF THIS ? 2651 01:28:55,830 --> 01:29:06,341 >> SECTION 2 OF THE PROPOSED 2652 01:29:10,411 --> 01:29:12,213 AMENDMENT TALKS ABOUT WHO IS IN 2653 01:29:12,213 --> 01:29:12,980 THE WORKGROUP. INCLUDES HUMAN 2654 01:29:12,980 --> 01:29:13,648 SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CITY BUDGET 2655 01:29:13,648 --> 01:29:14,282 OFFICE, KING COUNTY REGIONAL 2656 01:29:14,282 --> 01:29:14,882 HOMELESS AUTHORITY, SHELTER 2657 01:29:14,882 --> 01:29:15,450 OPERATORS, SHELTER SERVICE 2658 01:29:15,450 --> 01:29:16,117 PROVIDERS, COUNCILMEMBER OFFICES 2659 01:29:16,117 --> 01:29:16,784 AND CENTRAL STAFF. THAT IS WHO 2660 01:29:16,784 --> 01:29:18,019 WOULD MAKE UP THAT WORKGROUP. IN 2661 01:29:18,019 --> 01:29:19,987 TERMS OF HOW WE WOULD KNOW, I 2662 01:29:19,987 --> 01:29:27,195 WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE BECAUSE 2663 01:29:27,195 --> 01:29:28,162 YOU'RE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE 2664 01:29:28,162 --> 01:29:29,230 TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER. WHEN YOU 2665 01:29:29,230 --> 01:29:30,598 COME TO AN AGREEMENT, YOU ALL 2666 01:29:30,598 --> 01:29:31,866 KNOW WHAT THAT AGREEMENT IS. IT 2667 01:29:31,866 --> 01:29:32,934 DOES NOT ASKED FOR A FORMAL 2668 01:29:32,934 --> 01:29:33,735 REPORT IN THIS PARTICULAR 2669 01:29:33,735 --> 01:29:35,503 MOMENT. BUT I SUGGEST THAT YOU 2670 01:29:35,503 --> 01:29:36,137 ALL WOULD BE COLLECTIVELY MAKING 2671 01:29:36,137 --> 01:29:37,038 THE DECISION AROUND THE TABLE. 2672 01:29:37,038 --> 01:29:39,707 THAT COULD BE -- OR YOU ARE 2673 01:29:39,707 --> 01:29:41,075 THERE WITH THE DECISION BEING 2674 01:29:41,075 --> 01:29:43,010 MADE. 2675 01:29:43,010 --> 01:29:44,178 >> EXCEPT FOR NOT ALL 2676 01:29:44,178 --> 01:29:45,012 COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO 2677 01:29:45,012 --> 01:29:48,082 SIT ON THIS WORKGROUP -- THIS IS 2678 01:29:48,082 --> 01:29:50,218 WHY I ASKED WHO IS GOING TO BE 2679 01:29:50,218 --> 01:29:53,087 ON HERE. THANK YOU FOR -- I AM 2680 01:29:53,087 --> 01:29:54,689 JUST SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST 2681 01:29:54,689 --> 01:29:58,826 TIME TODAY. IN TERMS OF, YOU 2682 01:29:58,826 --> 01:30:08,503 KNOW, WHO ARE THE SHELTER 2683 01:30:08,503 --> 01:30:09,170 PROVIDERS AND OPERATORS, OF 2684 01:30:09,170 --> 01:30:10,171 WHICH THERE ARE MANY. WHO 2685 01:30:10,171 --> 01:30:11,939 EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE ON THIS 2686 01:30:11,939 --> 01:30:13,007 WORKGROUP, AND WHICH COUNCIL 2687 01:30:13,007 --> 01:30:20,648 OFFICES ? AND BACK TO, BECAUSE 2688 01:30:20,648 --> 01:30:21,582 NOT ALL COUNCIL OFFICES I 2689 01:30:21,582 --> 01:30:22,917 IMAGINE WILL BE PART OF THIS, 2690 01:30:22,917 --> 01:30:23,785 HOW WILL OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS 2691 01:30:23,785 --> 01:30:25,052 KNOW WHAT CAME OF THIS IF THERE 2692 01:30:25,052 --> 01:30:25,953 ISN'T A REPORT? 2693 01:30:25,953 --> 01:30:35,663 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. THERE 2694 01:30:35,663 --> 01:30:37,165 ARE SOME TERMS OF ART IN THIS 2695 01:30:37,165 --> 01:30:38,566 AMENDMENT WHICH SAYS THAT THE 2696 01:30:38,566 --> 01:30:39,200 MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL WORK WITH 2697 01:30:39,200 --> 01:30:40,535 COUNCIL. I THINK THAT IS 2698 01:30:40,535 --> 01:30:41,035 SOMETHING WERE COUNCIL 2699 01:30:41,035 --> 01:30:41,702 PRESIDENT, MYSELF, COUNCILMEMBER 2700 01:30:41,702 --> 01:30:42,336 LIN, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WHO 2701 01:30:42,336 --> 01:30:43,137 ALL HAVE AREAS OF JURISDICTION 2702 01:30:43,137 --> 01:30:43,938 WITHIN THE SHELTER EXPANSION 2703 01:30:43,938 --> 01:30:45,406 CONVERSATIONS -- I AM NOT GOING 2704 01:30:45,406 --> 01:30:46,841 TO COME OUT HERE AND SAY IN 2705 01:30:46,841 --> 01:30:48,476 THESE TO BE ME, BUT I WILL WORK 2706 01:30:48,476 --> 01:30:49,277 IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL 2707 01:30:49,277 --> 01:30:49,877 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, WHO 2708 01:30:49,877 --> 01:30:51,078 LEADS OUR WORK DOWN HERE. THAT 2709 01:30:51,078 --> 01:30:52,346 IS WHAT IT SAYS IN COLLABORATION 2710 01:30:52,346 --> 01:30:59,921 WITH COUNCIL AS A DEPARTMENT , 2711 01:30:59,921 --> 01:31:01,189 AS WELL AS WITHIN THEIR IT SAYS 2712 01:31:01,189 --> 01:31:02,123 COUNCIL OFFICES. SO IF COUNCIL 2713 01:31:02,123 --> 01:31:03,224 OFFICES ARE LEFT OUT OF THE 2714 01:31:03,224 --> 01:31:04,058 CONVERSATION, THAT MEANS WE 2715 01:31:04,058 --> 01:31:04,992 HAVEN'T DONE THE JOB CORRECTLY. 2716 01:31:04,992 --> 01:31:06,227 AS WELL AS, IT WOULD BE 2717 01:31:06,227 --> 01:31:10,698 CUMBERSOME TO FIND A TIME WHERE 2718 01:31:10,698 --> 01:31:11,999 ALL COUNCILMEMBERS COULD 2719 01:31:11,999 --> 01:31:12,867 PARTICIPATE. SO THERE ARE TWO 2720 01:31:12,867 --> 01:31:14,302 TERMS OF ART IN HERE THAT REALLY 2721 01:31:14,302 --> 01:31:16,337 FACILITATE US WORKING QUICKLY. 2722 01:31:16,337 --> 01:31:17,271 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 2723 01:31:17,271 --> 01:31:18,873 CAN HELP US IDENTIFY WHO THE 2724 01:31:18,873 --> 01:31:22,109 CORRECT SINGULAR POINT OF 2725 01:31:22,109 --> 01:31:23,578 CONTACT IS, AND THEN THE 2726 01:31:23,578 --> 01:31:28,082 ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK IS THAT 2727 01:31:28,082 --> 01:31:29,217 ALL COUNCIL OFFICES WILL HAVE 2728 01:31:29,217 --> 01:31:30,718 ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION AND 2729 01:31:30,718 --> 01:31:38,526 COORDINATION WITH COUNCIL 2730 01:31:38,526 --> 01:31:39,493 CENTRAL STAFF. ONE OF THE 2731 01:31:39,493 --> 01:31:40,561 REASONS I DID NOT REQUEST A 2732 01:31:40,561 --> 01:31:41,762 FORMAL REPORT IS BECAUSE, MUCH 2733 01:31:41,762 --> 01:31:42,697 LIKE OUR LAST PRESENTATION, THIS 2734 01:31:42,697 --> 01:31:44,065 IS INTENDED TO BE A LIVING AND 2735 01:31:44,065 --> 01:31:45,132 DURABLE AGREEMENT IN WHICH WE 2736 01:31:45,132 --> 01:31:46,300 GET INTO. YOU NOTICE I DON'T 2737 01:31:46,300 --> 01:31:47,602 JUST SAY THE FIRST 500 UNITS 2738 01:31:47,602 --> 01:31:48,569 THAT ARE PROPOSED WITHIN THIS 2739 01:31:48,569 --> 01:31:49,570 FUNDING PACKAGE TODAY, BUT THAT 2740 01:31:49,570 --> 01:31:50,838 THIS IS AN ONGOING PROCESS FOR 2741 01:31:50,838 --> 01:31:51,639 ADDITIONAL SHELTER UNITS BEYOND 2742 01:31:51,639 --> 01:31:56,444 THESE FIRST 500. 2743 01:31:56,444 --> 01:31:57,945 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WILL SAY 2744 01:31:57,945 --> 01:32:03,951 THAT WE ALL HAVE AREAS OF -- 2745 01:32:03,951 --> 01:32:05,086 THAT WE OVERSEE VIA COMMITTEE 2746 01:32:05,086 --> 01:32:05,987 MEETINGS. REALLY, THAT IS JUST 2747 01:32:05,987 --> 01:32:08,222 BECAUSE NOT ALL OF US CAN BE ON 2748 01:32:08,222 --> 01:32:18,232 EVERY COMMITTEE. SO I DON'T -- 2749 01:32:18,232 --> 01:32:19,267 WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL 2750 01:32:19,267 --> 01:32:20,601 THE WORK THAT GETS DONE, WHETHER 2751 01:32:20,601 --> 01:32:22,036 OR NOT WE SIT ON A COMMITTEE. 2752 01:32:22,036 --> 01:32:23,371 THAT IS THE POINT I'M TRYING TO 2753 01:32:23,371 --> 01:32:24,939 MAKE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 2754 01:32:24,939 --> 01:32:32,179 FOR THE RECORD THAT BEFORE ANY 2755 01:32:32,179 --> 01:32:33,547 CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED, IF WE ARE 2756 01:32:33,547 --> 01:32:34,715 GOING TO HAVE A WORKGROUP, AND 2757 01:32:34,715 --> 01:32:35,950 THERE IS WORK PRODUCT COMING OUT 2758 01:32:35,950 --> 01:32:36,984 OF THIS WORKGROUP, IT SOUNDS 2759 01:32:36,984 --> 01:32:38,386 LIKE, THAT THE REST OF US 2760 01:32:38,386 --> 01:32:39,086 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT AREN'T PART 2761 01:32:39,086 --> 01:32:39,954 OF THE ACTUAL WORKGROUP THAT 2762 01:32:39,954 --> 01:32:41,589 CAME UP WITH WHATEVER PLAN COMES 2763 01:32:41,589 --> 01:32:42,924 UP WITH, THE WORKGROUP COMES UP 2764 01:32:42,924 --> 01:32:43,858 WITH, THAT WE HAVE AN 2765 01:32:43,858 --> 01:32:44,859 OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN. MY 2766 01:32:44,859 --> 01:32:46,127 GUESS THAT IS MY FORMAL REQUEST 2767 01:32:46,127 --> 01:32:47,695 RIGHT NOW IN PUBLIC FROM THE 2768 01:32:47,695 --> 01:32:51,232 DAIS SO THAT I KNOW THAT THERE 2769 01:32:51,232 --> 01:32:51,966 ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, 2770 01:32:51,966 --> 01:32:53,267 WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS, WE 2771 01:32:53,267 --> 01:32:54,368 ARE ALL ABLE TO EQUALLY WEIGH 2772 01:32:54,368 --> 01:32:55,136 IN. THANK YOU. 2773 01:32:55,136 --> 01:32:59,640 >> I THINK AND CENTRAL STAFF 2774 01:32:59,640 --> 01:33:01,142 EPISODE, WE CAN MAKE SURE 2775 01:33:01,142 --> 01:33:01,776 COUNCILMEMBERS ARE INFORMED OF 2776 01:33:01,776 --> 01:33:02,677 THE OUTCOME OF THAT WORKGROUP SO 2777 01:33:02,677 --> 01:33:04,078 THAT YOU ALL AT LEAST KNOW ABOUT 2778 01:33:04,078 --> 01:33:14,622 WHAT HAS BEEN DECIDED . TO WHAT 2779 01:33:16,657 --> 01:33:17,591 EXTENT YOU COULD INFLUENCE THAT 2780 01:33:17,591 --> 01:33:17,858 DECISION. 2781 01:33:17,858 --> 01:33:19,060 >> THAT IS WHERE I AM GOING. 2782 01:33:19,060 --> 01:33:20,027 THANK YOU, TRACI. I UNDERSTAND 2783 01:33:20,027 --> 01:33:21,529 AT SOME POINT WE WILL FIND OUT 2784 01:33:21,529 --> 01:33:22,263 WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS 2785 01:33:22,263 --> 01:33:23,164 WORKGROUP, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, 2786 01:33:23,164 --> 01:33:25,199 HOW DO WE ALL GET TO WEIGH IN TO 2787 01:33:25,199 --> 01:33:26,233 WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT'S COMES OUT 2788 01:33:26,233 --> 01:33:27,234 OF THIS WORKGROUP. THAT IS 2789 01:33:27,234 --> 01:33:28,469 IMPORTANT. I DON'T WANT TO FIND 2790 01:33:28,469 --> 01:33:29,670 OUT AFTER THE FACT THAT A 2791 01:33:29,670 --> 01:33:30,738 DECISION WAS MADE TO DO 2792 01:33:30,738 --> 01:33:31,706 SOMETHING THAT, PERHAPS, YOU 2793 01:33:31,706 --> 01:33:33,007 KNOW, THE REST OF US DON'T 2794 01:33:33,007 --> 01:33:34,108 AGREE WITH THAT WEREN'T PART OF 2795 01:33:34,108 --> 01:33:35,142 THE WORKGROUP. ANYWAY. I THINK 2796 01:33:35,142 --> 01:33:35,710 THIS IS IMPORTANT. 2797 01:33:35,710 --> 01:33:38,479 >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. 2798 01:33:38,479 --> 01:33:42,483 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. 2799 01:33:42,483 --> 01:33:43,384 SPEAKING TO THE NEED TO MOVE 2800 01:33:43,384 --> 01:33:46,587 WITH URGENCY AND SPEED, I'M 2801 01:33:46,587 --> 01:33:47,455 GRATEFUL FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND 2802 01:33:47,455 --> 01:33:48,990 RECOMMENDING TO MOVE THE BUDGET 2803 01:33:48,990 --> 01:33:54,996 ITEMS DUE TO THE URGENCY AND 2804 01:33:54,996 --> 01:33:56,197 SPEED OF MEETING THE STANDOFF 2805 01:33:56,197 --> 01:33:57,064 SHELTER, I COULD SEE THIS 2806 01:33:57,064 --> 01:34:03,104 PARTICULAR POINT CREATING A 2807 01:34:03,104 --> 01:34:04,338 WINDOW IN WHICH WE WOULD 2808 01:34:04,338 --> 01:34:05,773 SLOWDOWN. AND SO, IF THIS IS 2809 01:34:05,773 --> 01:34:08,209 PASSED , I WOULD REQUEST THAT 2810 01:34:08,209 --> 01:34:11,145 THE COUNCIL WORK WITH US WITH 2811 01:34:11,145 --> 01:34:15,182 SPEED AND TO THE URGENCY OF THIS 2812 01:34:15,182 --> 01:34:17,852 CRISIS THAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO. 2813 01:34:17,852 --> 01:34:20,121 I THINK THIS WORKS WELL WITH 2814 01:34:20,121 --> 01:34:29,864 SOME PLANS AND ALIGNMENT WE HAVE 2815 01:34:29,864 --> 01:34:30,731 WITH PROVIDERS AND DEPARTMENTS. 2816 01:34:30,731 --> 01:34:31,699 THIS ISN'T ASKING US TO DO 2817 01:34:31,699 --> 01:34:32,933 ANYTHING THAT IS NEW WORK THAT 2818 01:34:32,933 --> 01:34:34,535 WE WOULDN'T BE PLANNING TO DO, 2819 01:34:34,535 --> 01:34:37,471 BUT WHERE I HAVE THE CONCERN IS 2820 01:34:37,471 --> 01:34:38,639 AROUND THE SPEED AT WHICH WE 2821 01:34:38,639 --> 01:34:39,640 NEED TO OPERATE TOGETHER. AND 2822 01:34:39,640 --> 01:34:50,184 SO, JUST ASKING THAT COUNCIL -- 2823 01:34:58,192 --> 01:34:59,260 WE ARE WILLING TO WORK QUICKLY, 2824 01:34:59,260 --> 01:35:00,561 AND THAT WE CAN ALL WORK QUICKLY 2825 01:35:00,561 --> 01:35:01,729 TOGETHER TO MEET THE CRISIS IN 2826 01:35:01,729 --> 01:35:02,296 THIS MOMENT. 2827 01:35:02,296 --> 01:35:03,698 >> THANK YOU. YES, WE HAVE TWO 2828 01:35:03,698 --> 01:35:04,799 OPTIONS PRESENTED TO US IN THIS 2829 01:35:04,799 --> 01:35:06,067 VERY MOMENT. WE CAN HAVE THESE 2830 01:35:06,067 --> 01:35:06,867 QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE WE 2831 01:35:06,867 --> 01:35:08,102 PASS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, OR AS 2832 01:35:08,102 --> 01:35:09,136 WE IMPLEMENT TOGETHER. THAT IS 2833 01:35:09,136 --> 01:35:10,171 THE CHOICE. I GUESS I'M 2834 01:35:10,171 --> 01:35:11,172 CHECKING IN WITH THE MAYOR'S 2835 01:35:11,172 --> 01:35:12,640 OFFICE NOW . WOULD YOU RATHER US 2836 01:35:12,640 --> 01:35:14,008 PASS THIS BILL TODAY AND WORK 2837 01:35:14,008 --> 01:35:14,708 TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT IT 2838 01:35:14,708 --> 01:35:16,177 TOGETHER, OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME 2839 01:35:16,177 --> 01:35:17,545 TO WAIT AND ENSURE THAT ALL OF 2840 01:35:17,545 --> 01:35:18,145 OUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED 2841 01:35:18,145 --> 01:35:18,379 FIRST? 2842 01:35:18,379 --> 01:35:21,348 >> MY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS NOT 2843 01:35:21,348 --> 01:35:22,516 EITHER/OR, IT IS A QUESTION OF 2844 01:35:22,516 --> 01:35:23,451 OUR WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE 2845 01:35:23,451 --> 01:35:24,652 QUICKLY AT THE SPEED OF THE 2846 01:35:24,652 --> 01:35:26,087 CRISIS. AND SO, IT IS NOT DON'T 2847 01:35:26,087 --> 01:35:29,557 PASS THIS, IT IS , AS YOU 2848 01:35:29,557 --> 01:35:30,691 CONSIDER PASSING THIS, NO WE 2849 01:35:30,691 --> 01:35:33,661 WILL BE TALKING TO YOU A LOT IN 2850 01:35:33,661 --> 01:35:44,205 SEEKING THE RESPONSIVENESS AND 2851 01:35:49,143 --> 01:35:50,478 THE TIME. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL 2852 01:35:50,478 --> 01:35:51,712 VERY, VERY BUSY PEOPLE. I WANT 2853 01:35:51,712 --> 01:35:52,847 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CARVING 2854 01:35:52,847 --> 01:35:54,515 OUT THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO DO 2855 01:35:54,515 --> 01:35:54,982 THIS TOGETHER. 2856 01:35:54,982 --> 01:35:56,350 >> THANK YOU. YES, AT THIS POINT 2857 01:35:56,350 --> 01:35:57,384 IN THIS JUNCTURE, THE COUNCIL 2858 01:35:57,384 --> 01:35:58,886 HAS BEEN THE BODY THAT HAS MOVED 2859 01:35:58,886 --> 01:35:59,887 VERY QUICKLY. WE HAVE EXERCISED 2860 01:35:59,887 --> 01:36:01,155 TOOLS THAT ARE UNUSUAL TO HELP 2861 01:36:01,155 --> 01:36:05,126 SUPPORT THIS MOMENT IN CRISIS. 2862 01:36:05,126 --> 01:36:06,627 AS YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY, THE 2863 01:36:06,627 --> 01:36:07,194 HOMELESS SITUATION IN MY 2864 01:36:07,194 --> 01:36:08,362 DISTRICT IS WORSE TODAY THAN IT 2865 01:36:08,362 --> 01:36:09,897 WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND SO, 2866 01:36:09,897 --> 01:36:11,565 THE QUESTION ON THIS AMENDMENT 2867 01:36:11,565 --> 01:36:20,708 IS , IF YOU ARE HAVING CONCERN 2868 01:36:20,708 --> 01:36:21,575 WITH THIS AMENDMENT, WE CAN 2869 01:36:21,575 --> 01:36:22,543 PAUSE TODAY, BUT WHAT I'M 2870 01:36:22,543 --> 01:36:23,811 HEARING FROM YOU IS A COMMITMENT 2871 01:36:23,811 --> 01:36:30,551 TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE IT IS 2872 01:36:30,551 --> 01:36:31,719 ATYPICAL FOR COUNCIL TO PASS AN 2873 01:36:31,719 --> 01:36:32,820 AMENDMENT, A BILL LIKE THIS, 2874 01:36:32,820 --> 01:36:34,088 WITHOUT HAVING THESE QUESTIONS 2875 01:36:34,088 --> 01:36:34,722 ANSWERED. THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE 2876 01:36:34,722 --> 01:36:35,589 OF THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. 2877 01:36:35,589 --> 01:36:37,658 >> THANK YOU. I HEAR THAT LOUD 2878 01:36:37,658 --> 01:36:38,893 AND CLEAR. REALLY A COMMENT OF, 2879 01:36:38,893 --> 01:36:40,327 AS WE WORK TO DO THIS, WE ARE 2880 01:36:40,327 --> 01:36:44,532 HOPING TO STAND UP OPERATORS AND 2881 01:36:44,532 --> 01:36:45,900 PROVIDERS IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 2882 01:36:45,900 --> 01:36:47,067 MONTHS. AND SO, THIS IS A 2883 01:36:47,067 --> 01:36:48,569 REQUEST TO WORK WITH US A LOT. 2884 01:36:48,569 --> 01:36:58,979 WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO. 2885 01:37:00,314 --> 01:37:01,815 >> I THINK IT IS VERY TYPICAL 2886 01:37:01,815 --> 01:37:02,983 FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO WORK WITH 2887 01:37:02,983 --> 01:37:04,351 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON A DAILY 2888 01:37:04,351 --> 01:37:05,219 BASIS. WE WELCOME THAT LEVEL OF 2889 01:37:05,219 --> 01:37:05,519 ENGAGEMENT. 2890 01:37:05,519 --> 01:37:05,886 >> WONDERFUL. 2891 01:37:05,886 --> 01:37:06,887 >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY 2892 01:37:06,887 --> 01:37:07,822 FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON 2893 01:37:07,822 --> 01:37:09,190 THIS BILL? THANK YOU. WILL THE 2894 01:37:09,190 --> 01:37:10,991 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 2895 01:37:10,991 --> 01:37:21,468 AMENDMENT 4 TO COUNCIL BILL 2896 01:37:22,203 --> 01:37:22,369 121185? 2897 01:37:22,369 --> 01:37:22,837 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2898 01:37:22,837 --> 01:37:23,204 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2899 01:37:23,204 --> 01:37:23,637 >> YES. 2900 01:37:23,637 --> 01:37:24,238 >> VICE CHAIR RIVERA. 2901 01:37:24,238 --> 01:37:24,605 >> AYE. 2902 01:37:24,605 --> 01:37:25,172 >> CHAIR STRAUSS. 2903 01:37:25,172 --> 01:37:25,806 >> AYE. 2904 01:37:25,806 --> 01:37:26,807 >> THREE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2905 01:37:26,941 --> 01:37:27,975 >> THANK YOU, AMENDED AS SHOWN 2906 01:37:27,975 --> 01:37:31,745 ON AMENDMENT FOUR -- 4 ON THE 2907 01:37:31,745 --> 01:37:32,479 AGENDA. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WOULD 2908 01:37:32,479 --> 01:37:33,714 YOU LIKE TO MOVE AMENDED FIVE? 2909 01:37:33,714 --> 01:37:35,149 >> FIGURE. I MOVE TO MOVE AS 2910 01:37:35,149 --> 01:37:36,150 PRESENTED ON A MINUTE FIVE. 2911 01:37:36,150 --> 01:37:36,584 >> SECOND. 2912 01:37:36,584 --> 01:37:46,293 >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO 2913 01:37:46,293 --> 01:37:47,094 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT 2914 01:37:47,094 --> 01:37:48,028 FIVE TO COUNCIL BILL 121185. 2915 01:37:48,028 --> 01:37:49,296 TRAGEDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 2916 01:37:49,296 --> 01:37:49,997 THIS INTO THE RECORD 2917 01:37:49,997 --> 01:37:51,098 >> THIS ASKED THE HUMAN SERVICES 2918 01:37:51,098 --> 01:37:51,865 DEPARTMENT TO UTILIZE SHELTER 2919 01:37:51,865 --> 01:37:52,933 AND SERVICES PROVIDERS WHO HAVE 2920 01:37:52,933 --> 01:37:53,934 EXPERTISE IN WORKING WITH THOSE 2921 01:37:53,934 --> 01:37:55,069 MOST DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPACTED 2922 01:37:55,069 --> 01:38:00,941 BY HOMELESSNESS WHEN SETTING UP 2923 01:38:00,941 --> 01:38:02,243 THE NEW SHELTER UNITS. AND TO 2924 01:38:02,243 --> 01:38:03,310 PROVIDE A REPORT ON THEIR 2925 01:38:03,310 --> 01:38:04,478 ABILITY TO DO SO BY SEPTEMBER 2926 01:38:04,478 --> 01:38:04,878 14, 2026. 2927 01:38:04,878 --> 01:38:05,946 >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 2928 01:38:05,946 --> 01:38:07,081 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO 2929 01:38:07,081 --> 01:38:07,348 MEDICALLY 2930 01:38:07,348 --> 01:38:08,515 >> THANK YOU, CHIRP WILL BE 2931 01:38:08,515 --> 01:38:09,516 REALLY QUICK, BECAUSE I KNOW 2932 01:38:09,516 --> 01:38:10,551 WE'RE GOING AGAINST TIME. THIS, 2933 01:38:10,551 --> 01:38:11,552 COLLEAGUES, WE KNOW THAT THERE 2934 01:38:11,552 --> 01:38:12,353 ARE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS 2935 01:38:12,353 --> 01:38:12,987 IMPACTED DISPROPORTIONATELY BY 2936 01:38:12,987 --> 01:38:14,054 HOMELESSNESS. I AM HOPING WE CAN 2937 01:38:14,054 --> 01:38:16,657 HAVE A MULTITUDE OF PROVIDERS BE 2938 01:38:16,657 --> 01:38:19,226 ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS AND 2939 01:38:19,226 --> 01:38:29,503 OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW SHELTERS . 2940 01:38:29,503 --> 01:38:30,704 BLACK POPULATION, 7% OF THE 2941 01:38:30,704 --> 01:38:31,538 POPULATION BUT 40% OF THE FOLKS 2942 01:38:31,538 --> 01:38:33,007 ON THE STREETS. AND SO, THIS IS 2943 01:38:33,007 --> 01:38:34,275 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 2944 01:38:34,275 --> 01:38:42,249 DIVERSIFY SOME OF OUR PROVIDERS 2945 01:38:42,249 --> 01:38:43,684 DURING THIS PROCESS. THAT IS 2946 01:38:43,684 --> 01:38:45,152 WHAT THIS IS A REQUEST TO OUR 2947 01:38:45,152 --> 01:38:46,287 MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WE WORK 2948 01:38:46,287 --> 01:38:47,288 TOGETHER ON THIS. THANK YOU. 2949 01:38:47,288 --> 01:38:48,522 >> THANK YOU COME UP COUNCIL 2950 01:38:48,522 --> 01:38:49,089 PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, ANY 2951 01:38:49,089 --> 01:38:49,723 QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ANYTHING 2952 01:38:49,723 --> 01:39:00,267 FROM THE TABLE? WILL THE CLERK 2953 01:39:01,568 --> 01:39:02,369 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 2954 01:39:02,369 --> 01:39:03,637 AMENDMENT FIVE TO COUNCIL BILL 2955 01:39:03,637 --> 01:39:03,871 121185? 2956 01:39:03,871 --> 01:39:04,338 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2957 01:39:04,338 --> 01:39:04,705 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2958 01:39:04,705 --> 01:39:04,972 >> YES. 2959 01:39:04,972 --> 01:39:05,606 >> VICE CHAIR RIVERA. 2960 01:39:05,606 --> 01:39:06,006 >> AYE. 2961 01:39:06,006 --> 01:39:06,707 >> CHAIR STRAUSS. 2962 01:39:06,707 --> 01:39:07,074 >> YES. 2963 01:39:07,074 --> 01:39:08,309 >> THREE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED 2964 01:39:08,309 --> 01:39:09,443 TO COUNCIL BILL 121185 HAS BEEN 2965 01:39:09,443 --> 01:39:10,678 AMENDED AS SHOWN ON AMENDMENT 2966 01:39:10,678 --> 01:39:11,912 FIVE ON THE AGENDA. COUNCIL 2967 01:39:11,912 --> 01:39:12,746 PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 2968 01:39:12,746 --> 01:39:13,380 MOVE AMENDMENT SEVEN? 2969 01:39:13,380 --> 01:39:20,454 >> THANK YOU , CHAIR. I MOVE TO 2970 01:39:20,454 --> 01:39:21,822 AMEND COUNCIL BILL 121185 AS 2971 01:39:21,822 --> 01:39:22,556 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT SEVEN 2972 01:39:22,556 --> 01:39:22,856 VERSION 2. 2973 01:39:22,856 --> 01:39:23,257 >> SECOND. 2974 01:39:23,257 --> 01:39:24,325 >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO AMEND 2975 01:39:24,325 --> 01:39:25,592 COUNCIL BILL 121185 IS SHOWN IN 2976 01:39:25,592 --> 01:39:28,028 THE AGENDA ON AMENDMENT SEVEN. 2977 01:39:28,028 --> 01:39:29,263 >> THIS IS VERSION 2 DISTRIBUTED 2978 01:39:29,263 --> 01:39:30,064 TO COUNCIL MEMBERS YESTERDAY 2979 01:39:30,064 --> 01:39:30,931 AFTERNOON. AND REPLACES VERSION 2980 01:39:30,931 --> 01:39:33,167 1 THAT IS IN -- ON THE SCREEN. 2981 01:39:33,167 --> 01:39:34,568 VERY MINOR CHANGES THAT WERE 2982 01:39:34,568 --> 01:39:36,303 MADE. THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE 2983 01:39:36,303 --> 01:39:38,906 HUMAN SERVICES TO OPEN AT LEAST 2984 01:39:38,906 --> 01:39:40,507 TWO NEW SHELTERS FOR FAMILIES 2985 01:39:40,507 --> 01:39:43,310 WITH CHILDREN , AND TO PROVIDE A 2986 01:39:43,310 --> 01:39:49,717 REPORT BY SEPTEMBER 14. THE ONLY 2987 01:39:49,717 --> 01:39:51,085 CHANGES TO THIS AMENDMENT ARE TO 2988 01:39:51,085 --> 01:39:52,052 CHANGE IT FROM WOMEN AND 2989 01:39:52,052 --> 01:39:52,786 CHILDREN TO FAMILIES WITH 2990 01:39:52,786 --> 01:39:53,854 CHILDREN, AND TO PUT IN 2991 01:39:53,854 --> 01:39:54,888 REPORTING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS 2992 01:39:54,888 --> 01:39:55,656 THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THAT 2993 01:39:55,656 --> 01:39:56,090 SEPTEMBER REPORT. 2994 01:39:56,090 --> 01:40:06,300 >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2995 01:40:06,300 --> 01:40:07,434 HOLLINGSWORTH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 2996 01:40:07,434 --> 01:40:08,068 ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT? 2997 01:40:08,068 --> 01:40:08,802 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 2998 01:40:08,802 --> 01:40:10,037 THANK YOU, KYLE LEGS. THIS 2999 01:40:10,037 --> 01:40:10,604 PRIORITIZES FAMILIES WITH 3000 01:40:10,604 --> 01:40:11,505 CHILDREN. AS OF NOW, 2400 3001 01:40:11,505 --> 01:40:12,573 FAMILIES ENROLLED. THE NUMBER 3002 01:40:12,573 --> 01:40:20,481 FLUCTUATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 3003 01:40:20,481 --> 01:40:21,548 OFTENTIMES, INCREASES, NOT 3004 01:40:21,548 --> 01:40:22,783 DECREASES. MANY OF THE FAMILIES 3005 01:40:22,783 --> 01:40:23,584 ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN SHELTER 3006 01:40:23,584 --> 01:40:24,518 AND ACTIVELY SEEKING PERMANENT 3007 01:40:24,518 --> 01:40:25,786 HOUSING. I KNOW THAT WE GAVE 3008 01:40:25,786 --> 01:40:26,754 FLEXIBILITY TO THE EXECUTIVE. WE 3009 01:40:26,754 --> 01:40:27,688 UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION FOR THE 3010 01:40:27,688 --> 01:40:29,023 FIRST 500 SHELTERS. BUT WE WANT 3011 01:40:29,023 --> 01:40:30,324 TO PRIORITIZE FAMILIES WITH 3012 01:40:30,324 --> 01:40:38,232 CHILDREN. REALLY KEY TO MAKING 3013 01:40:38,232 --> 01:40:39,466 OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WHERE WE SAY 3014 01:40:39,466 --> 01:40:40,667 KEEP YOUR BABY SAFE, THE 3015 01:40:40,667 --> 01:40:42,236 COMMUNITY IS SAVE. OFTENTIMES MY 3016 01:40:42,236 --> 01:40:43,203 COLLEAGUES, I AM INUNDATED WITH 3017 01:40:43,203 --> 01:40:44,671 FAMILIES THAT ARE SEEKING 3018 01:40:44,671 --> 01:40:46,206 SHELTER THAT ARE BETTER WITHIN 3019 01:40:46,206 --> 01:40:52,513 OUR DISTRICT , AND THERE 3020 01:40:52,513 --> 01:40:53,447 SLEEPING AT DIFFERENT PARKS, AT 3021 01:40:53,447 --> 01:40:54,248 BUS STOPS, FAMILY HOUSES, 3022 01:40:54,248 --> 01:40:55,115 DIFFERENT PLACES. AND SO, 3023 01:40:55,115 --> 01:40:56,116 PRIORITIZING FAMILIES WITH 3024 01:40:56,116 --> 01:41:04,858 CHILDREN IS REALLY KEY FOR US. 3025 01:41:04,858 --> 01:41:06,460 WE MADE THE MINOR CHANGE BECAUSE 3026 01:41:06,460 --> 01:41:07,561 WE HAD WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AND 3027 01:41:07,561 --> 01:41:08,262 OFTENTIMES THERE ARE FAMILIES. 3028 01:41:08,262 --> 01:41:14,968 WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HINDER , 3029 01:41:14,968 --> 01:41:16,170 BE TOO SPECIFIC. WOULD LOVE YOUR 3030 01:41:16,170 --> 01:41:16,937 SUPPORT ON THIS, COLLEAGUES. 3031 01:41:16,937 --> 01:41:17,304 THANK YOU. 3032 01:41:17,304 --> 01:41:17,938 >> VICE CHAIR. 3033 01:41:17,938 --> 01:41:19,139 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK 3034 01:41:19,139 --> 01:41:20,007 YOU COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH 3035 01:41:20,007 --> 01:41:20,841 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I 3036 01:41:20,841 --> 01:41:21,842 WOULD LOVE TO COSPONSOR IF 3037 01:41:21,842 --> 01:41:22,709 YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT. 3038 01:41:22,709 --> 01:41:23,143 >> YES. 3039 01:41:23,143 --> 01:41:33,654 >> I WILL SAY IN ADDITION TO 3040 01:41:46,633 --> 01:41:47,534 EVERYTHING YOU SAID, WE KNOW 3041 01:41:47,534 --> 01:41:48,836 FAMILIES ARE ALSO WITH THEIR 3042 01:41:48,836 --> 01:41:49,636 KIDS LIVING IN CARS. THEY OFTEN 3043 01:41:49,636 --> 01:41:50,704 GO UNDETECTED ON PURPOSE BECAUSE 3044 01:41:50,704 --> 01:41:51,772 THEY DON'T WANT TO DRAW 3045 01:41:51,772 --> 01:41:52,573 ATTENTION, BECAUSE THEY ARE 3046 01:41:52,573 --> 01:41:53,707 TRYING TO STAY TOGETHER WITH 3047 01:41:53,707 --> 01:41:54,441 THEIR FAMILIES. SOMETIMES THAT 3048 01:41:54,441 --> 01:41:55,776 IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOYS WHO I 3049 01:41:55,776 --> 01:41:56,844 BELIEVE, TRACI YOU CAN CONFIRM 3050 01:41:56,844 --> 01:41:58,445 THIS, BUT AT THE AGE OF 14, I 3051 01:41:58,445 --> 01:41:59,713 THINK, BOYS CAN GO INTO FAMILY 3052 01:41:59,713 --> 01:42:00,914 SHELTER. THEY HAVE TO GO INTO 3053 01:42:00,914 --> 01:42:02,349 THE MEN'S SHELTER . I THINK IT 3054 01:42:02,349 --> 01:42:04,084 IS 14. BUT THERE IS AN AGE AT 3055 01:42:04,084 --> 01:42:05,786 WHICH THE KID, A SON, WOULD HAVE 3056 01:42:05,786 --> 01:42:06,987 TO GO TO A MEN'S SHELTER. THEN 3057 01:42:06,987 --> 01:42:08,155 IT BECOMES A FAMILY GETS 3058 01:42:08,155 --> 01:42:09,122 SEPARATED. THIS IS REALLY 3059 01:42:09,122 --> 01:42:09,656 IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR 3060 01:42:09,656 --> 01:42:10,824 BRINGING THIS. I WANTED AT A 3061 01:42:10,824 --> 01:42:15,762 COUPLE OF POINTS . LOOKING 3062 01:42:15,762 --> 01:42:16,730 FORWARD TO PASSING THIS. THANK 3063 01:42:16,730 --> 01:42:17,297 YOU, CHAIR. 3064 01:42:17,297 --> 01:42:18,465 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. I 3065 01:42:18,465 --> 01:42:19,199 DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER 3066 01:42:19,199 --> 01:42:19,967 QUESTIONS. LAST COMMENTS, 3067 01:42:19,967 --> 01:42:20,868 ANYONE? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3068 01:42:20,868 --> 01:42:22,302 CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT SEVEN 3069 01:42:22,302 --> 01:42:32,713 TO COUNCIL BILL 112185? 3070 01:42:36,350 --> 01:42:36,783 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3071 01:42:36,783 --> 01:42:37,551 HOLLINGSWORTH. VICE CHAIR 3072 01:42:37,551 --> 01:42:38,218 RIVERA. CHAIR STRAUSS. THREE IN 3073 01:42:38,218 --> 01:42:38,986 FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. 3074 01:42:38,986 --> 01:42:40,420 >> THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIZE. I 3075 01:42:40,420 --> 01:42:41,121 FLIPPED NUMBERS. AMENDMENT SEVEN 3076 01:42:41,121 --> 01:42:46,193 TO COUNCIL BILL 121185 HAS 3077 01:42:46,193 --> 01:42:46,994 PASSED. COLLEAGUES, THAT BRINGS 3078 01:42:46,994 --> 01:42:48,462 US TO THE END OF OUR AMENDMENTS. 3079 01:42:48,462 --> 01:42:49,663 WE WILL NOW SPEAK TO THE 3080 01:42:49,663 --> 01:42:50,697 UNDERLYING BILL. I DO HAVE 3081 01:42:50,697 --> 01:42:51,765 FURTHER COMMENTS, BECAUSE I 3082 01:42:51,765 --> 01:42:52,833 SHARE THEM AT THE BEGINNING. BUT 3083 01:42:52,833 --> 01:42:54,401 I KNOW VICE CHAIR, YOU HAD SOME 3084 01:42:54,401 --> 01:42:54,668 COMMENTS. 3085 01:42:54,668 --> 01:42:56,003 >> I. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST, 3086 01:42:56,003 --> 01:42:57,804 IN GENERAL, LET ME JUST SAY I 3087 01:42:57,804 --> 01:43:02,609 SUPPORT AS MANY OF US DO, TINY 3088 01:43:02,609 --> 01:43:03,877 HOME VILLAGES. IT IS INHUMANE TO 3089 01:43:03,877 --> 01:43:05,045 LEAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS ON 3090 01:43:05,045 --> 01:43:06,747 THE STREET. AND SO, FOR 3091 01:43:06,747 --> 01:43:14,955 TEMPORARY HOUSING , TOWNIE HOME 3092 01:43:14,955 --> 01:43:16,290 VILLAGES IS A MORE HUMANE 3093 01:43:16,290 --> 01:43:16,890 APPROACH. THAT SAID, WE HAVE 3094 01:43:16,890 --> 01:43:18,158 SEEN THERE BEEN A LOT OF 3095 01:43:18,158 --> 01:43:19,459 PROBLEMS AND SOME OF THE TINY 3096 01:43:19,459 --> 01:43:20,928 HOME VILLAGES AND FOLKS ARE ALSO 3097 01:43:20,928 --> 01:43:22,362 , YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE TALKED 3098 01:43:22,362 --> 01:43:23,730 ABOUT, A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT 3099 01:43:23,730 --> 01:43:30,637 REMAIN UNHOUSED AND UNSANCTIONED 3100 01:43:30,637 --> 01:43:32,406 ENCAMPMENTS AND TENTS ARE A LOT 3101 01:43:32,406 --> 01:43:33,607 OF THE HIGH ACUITY FOLKS THAT 3102 01:43:33,607 --> 01:43:34,875 NEED SERVICES IN ORDER TO BE 3103 01:43:34,875 --> 01:43:36,076 SUCCESSFUL. WE NEED TO HELP 3104 01:43:36,076 --> 01:43:37,311 PEOPLE, WHETHER IT IS ALCOHOL OR 3105 01:43:37,311 --> 01:43:38,345 DRUG ADDICTION, FENTANYL 3106 01:43:38,345 --> 01:43:40,347 ADDICTION, THEY NEED TREATMENT 3107 01:43:40,347 --> 01:43:46,520 AND THEY NEED SOBER HOUSING. I 3108 01:43:46,520 --> 01:43:48,589 JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, WHILE I 3109 01:43:48,589 --> 01:43:52,826 SUPPORT DOING , YOU KNOW, I 3110 01:43:52,826 --> 01:43:57,564 SUPPORT THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES 3111 01:43:57,564 --> 01:43:59,199 AND DOING THIS SOONER RATHER 3112 01:43:59,199 --> 01:44:00,200 THAN LATER, I DO HAVE CONCERNS 3113 01:44:00,200 --> 01:44:03,237 ABOUT THE ABILITY OF US WITHIN 3114 01:44:03,237 --> 01:44:04,304 THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL TO MEET 3115 01:44:04,304 --> 01:44:06,039 THE NEEDS OF ENSURING THAT WE 3116 01:44:06,039 --> 01:44:11,078 HAVE THAT , THE SERVICES FOLKS 3117 01:44:11,078 --> 01:44:11,878 NEED, PARTICULARLY THE TREATMENT 3118 01:44:11,878 --> 01:44:12,713 SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED IN 3119 01:44:12,713 --> 01:44:16,416 ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL . AND 3120 01:44:16,416 --> 01:44:18,085 THEN, SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 3121 01:44:18,085 --> 01:44:24,491 ISSUES WE CAN SEE ARISE BECAUSE 3122 01:44:24,491 --> 01:44:25,158 THERE ARE, SADLY, FOLKS TAKING 3123 01:44:25,158 --> 01:44:26,026 ADVANTAGE OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE. 3124 01:44:26,026 --> 01:44:28,328 AS I SAID EARLIER, DRUG DEALERS 3125 01:44:28,328 --> 01:44:38,839 BEING NEAR . THEY ARE IN THE 3126 01:44:47,314 --> 01:44:47,948 ENCAMPMENTS. THERE ARE ALSO 3127 01:44:47,948 --> 01:44:48,782 PEOPLE SEXUALLY EXPLOITING FOLKS 3128 01:44:48,782 --> 01:44:49,283 IN THESE UNSANCTIONED 3129 01:44:49,283 --> 01:44:50,550 ENCAMPMENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE 3130 01:44:50,550 --> 01:44:51,485 SURE THAT THAT IS NOT HAPPENING 3131 01:44:51,485 --> 01:44:52,819 IN TINY HOME VILLAGES, AND ALSO 3132 01:44:52,819 --> 01:44:53,754 THAT FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THE 3133 01:44:53,754 --> 01:44:58,058 VILLAGERS AREN'T TRYING TO TAKE 3134 01:44:58,058 --> 01:44:58,859 ADVANTAGE OF THE VULNERABLE 3135 01:44:58,859 --> 01:45:00,293 PEOPLE AS THEY ARE COMING IN AND 3136 01:45:00,293 --> 01:45:01,662 OUT. THAT IS TO SAY THERE ARE 3137 01:45:01,662 --> 01:45:02,829 DRUG DEALERS OUTSIDE OF THESE 3138 01:45:02,829 --> 01:45:03,864 PLACES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A 3139 01:45:03,864 --> 01:45:04,965 CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. I WANT TO MAKE 3140 01:45:04,965 --> 01:45:06,366 SURE THERE IS PUBLIC SAFETY IN 3141 01:45:06,366 --> 01:45:08,635 PLACE TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE 3142 01:45:08,635 --> 01:45:09,636 -- THE FOLKS THAT ARE HOUSED 3143 01:45:09,636 --> 01:45:10,704 HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES, THAT 3144 01:45:10,704 --> 01:45:12,806 THEY ARE ABLE TO -- WE ARE 3145 01:45:12,806 --> 01:45:13,540 SUPPORTING THEIR RECOVERY, THAT 3146 01:45:13,540 --> 01:45:16,710 THEY FEEL SAFE , THAT FOLKS 3147 01:45:16,710 --> 01:45:27,254 AROUND THE AREA ARE ALSO SAFE , 3148 01:45:27,621 --> 01:45:28,889 AND THAT WE ARE NOT 3149 01:45:28,889 --> 01:45:29,556 INADVERTENTLY CREATING A 3150 01:45:29,556 --> 01:45:30,190 SITUATION WHERE FOLKS AREN'T 3151 01:45:30,190 --> 01:45:31,391 GETTING WHAT THEY NEED, AND IT 3152 01:45:31,391 --> 01:45:32,492 IS ALSO LEADING TO PUBLIC SAFETY 3153 01:45:32,492 --> 01:45:33,593 ISSUES. WE HAVE SEEN THIS WITH 3154 01:45:33,593 --> 01:45:34,294 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, 3155 01:45:34,294 --> 01:45:39,733 AND THAT HAS BEEN UNFORTUNATE. I 3156 01:45:39,733 --> 01:45:41,134 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 3157 01:45:41,134 --> 01:45:42,402 ARE NOT CREATING THESE KINDS OF 3158 01:45:42,402 --> 01:45:43,403 PROBLEMS WHEN WE ARE CITING 3159 01:45:43,403 --> 01:45:44,838 THINGS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 3160 01:45:44,838 --> 01:45:46,373 ARE BOTH PROVIDING A TINY HOUSE 3161 01:45:46,373 --> 01:45:47,407 VILLAGE AND BRINGING PEOPLE 3162 01:45:47,407 --> 01:45:51,244 INDOORS AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE 3163 01:45:51,244 --> 01:45:52,312 PROVIDING SERVICES TO FOLKS SO 3164 01:45:52,312 --> 01:45:56,316 THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL. TRUE 3165 01:45:56,316 --> 01:45:57,584 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE 3166 01:45:57,584 --> 01:45:58,852 MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT PERMANENT 3167 01:45:58,852 --> 01:46:03,356 HAVE -- HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING 3168 01:46:03,356 --> 01:46:04,424 AND HAVE SERVICES THEY NEED 3169 01:46:04,424 --> 01:46:05,926 SIMULTANEOUSLY IN PLACE SO THEY 3170 01:46:05,926 --> 01:46:07,627 ARE SUCCESSFUL. I UNDERSTAND THE 3171 01:46:07,627 --> 01:46:12,666 NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH , AS 3172 01:46:12,666 --> 01:46:18,839 THE EXECUTIVE SAYS, URGENCY . AT 3173 01:46:18,839 --> 01:46:20,006 THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE 3174 01:46:20,006 --> 01:46:20,941 SURE WE ARE NOT CREATING 3175 01:46:20,941 --> 01:46:21,742 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND 3176 01:46:21,742 --> 01:46:29,983 THAT WE REALLY ARE HELPING FOLKS 3177 01:46:29,983 --> 01:46:31,752 AND NOT JUST PUTTING THEM IN 3178 01:46:31,752 --> 01:46:32,686 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES WITHOUT WHAT 3179 01:46:32,686 --> 01:46:33,954 THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. BECAUSE AT 3180 01:46:33,954 --> 01:46:35,589 THE END OF THE DAY, A TINY HOUSE 3181 01:46:35,589 --> 01:46:37,090 VILLAGE IS BETTER THAN A TENT ON 3182 01:46:37,090 --> 01:46:38,492 THE STREET, BUT IT IS NOT BETTER 3183 01:46:38,492 --> 01:46:42,729 THAN PERMANENT HOUSING IN 3184 01:46:42,729 --> 01:46:43,997 GENERAL. SO THE GOAL ISN'T TO 3185 01:46:43,997 --> 01:46:45,265 HAVE PEOPLE STAY IN THESE TINY 3186 01:46:45,265 --> 01:46:47,501 HOUSE VILLAGES FOREVER . THAT IS 3187 01:46:47,501 --> 01:46:48,902 ANOTHER CONCERN I HAVE. I HAVE A 3188 01:46:48,902 --> 01:46:50,504 TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN MY 3189 01:46:50,504 --> 01:46:59,546 DISTRICT. FOLKS ARE, THANKFULLY, 3190 01:46:59,546 --> 01:47:00,480 THERE AREN'T ANY PUBLIC SAFETY 3191 01:47:00,480 --> 01:47:01,314 ISSUES. FOLKS AREN'T GETTING 3192 01:47:01,314 --> 01:47:02,482 TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. AT THE SAME 3193 01:47:02,482 --> 01:47:03,583 TIME, THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING 3194 01:47:03,583 --> 01:47:07,587 THERE FOR YEARS NOW . NO 3195 01:47:07,587 --> 01:47:08,188 PERMANENT HOUSING INSIGHT FOR 3196 01:47:08,188 --> 01:47:09,723 FOLKS. THAT IS A PROBLEM. SO AS 3197 01:47:09,723 --> 01:47:20,267 WE ARE BUILDING THESE RESPONSES, 3198 01:47:21,501 --> 01:47:23,069 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 3199 01:47:23,069 --> 01:47:24,371 PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT 3200 01:47:24,371 --> 01:47:25,305 PEOPLE ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND SO 3201 01:47:25,305 --> 01:47:27,073 THERE REALLY IS TEMPORARY AND 3202 01:47:27,073 --> 01:47:28,775 NOT PERMANENT . AND THAT WE MAKE 3203 01:47:28,775 --> 01:47:29,709 SURE THOSE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES 3204 01:47:29,709 --> 01:47:30,477 REALLY ARE PROVIDING SERVICES. 3205 01:47:30,477 --> 01:47:40,987 THAT WE ARE NOT SAYING WE ARE 3206 01:47:42,756 --> 01:47:43,723 PROVIDING SERVICES, BUT THEN WE 3207 01:47:43,723 --> 01:47:45,158 ARE NOT. WE ARE SEEING THAT TOO. 3208 01:47:45,158 --> 01:47:46,560 THAT IS THE REALITY. THAT IS THE 3209 01:47:46,560 --> 01:47:47,994 TRUTH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 3210 01:47:47,994 --> 01:47:49,129 IS NOT HAPPENING. I WOULD LIKE 3211 01:47:49,129 --> 01:47:50,297 TO SEE THESE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES 3212 01:47:50,297 --> 01:47:51,364 SUCCEED. TO ME, SUCCESS MEANS 3213 01:47:51,364 --> 01:47:52,365 THAT PEOPLE LIVING THERE HAVE 3214 01:47:52,365 --> 01:47:53,600 WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, 3215 01:47:53,600 --> 01:47:57,838 AND TO GET, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY 3216 01:47:57,838 --> 01:48:04,444 A PATH TO PERMANENT HOUSING. AND 3217 01:48:04,444 --> 01:48:05,345 WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING, MAKE 3218 01:48:05,345 --> 01:48:06,546 SURE THAT THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGE 3219 01:48:06,546 --> 01:48:09,516 IS SAFE. SAFE MEANS NOT HAVING 3220 01:48:09,516 --> 01:48:10,584 FOLKS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FOLKS 3221 01:48:10,584 --> 01:48:13,420 THAT ARE LIVING THERE. I HAVE A 3222 01:48:13,420 --> 01:48:22,829 LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE 3223 01:48:22,829 --> 01:48:23,930 PROPOSAL AS IT STANDS, BECAUSE 3224 01:48:23,930 --> 01:48:24,965 THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED 3225 01:48:24,965 --> 01:48:26,099 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS IS ALL 3226 01:48:26,099 --> 01:48:27,400 GOING TO WORK. THERE TRULY IS. 3227 01:48:27,400 --> 01:48:28,602 IN AN IDEAL SITUATION, WE WOULD 3228 01:48:28,602 --> 01:48:29,836 HAVE HAD THESE QUESTIONS 3229 01:48:29,836 --> 01:48:30,971 ANSWERED AND SOME OF THESE 3230 01:48:30,971 --> 01:48:33,106 THINGS FIGURED OUT BEFORE WE 3231 01:48:33,106 --> 01:48:39,446 MOVE FORWARD. HOWEVER, I ALSO 3232 01:48:39,446 --> 01:48:40,847 UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF 3233 01:48:40,847 --> 01:48:41,915 UNSHELTERED FOLKS ON THE STREET, 3234 01:48:41,915 --> 01:48:43,583 AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A 3235 01:48:43,583 --> 01:48:46,186 SOLVE. PERFECT CANNOT BE THE 3236 01:48:46,186 --> 01:48:49,789 ENEMY OF THE GOOD. AND SO, I AM 3237 01:48:49,789 --> 01:48:51,691 SUPPORTING THIS , BUT LOOKING 3238 01:48:51,691 --> 01:48:59,499 FORWARD TO THE DETAILS AND 3239 01:48:59,499 --> 01:49:00,400 RESERVING THE RIGHT AT THE BACK 3240 01:49:00,400 --> 01:49:02,102 END IF WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES 3241 01:49:02,102 --> 01:49:02,903 THAT THE EXECUTIVE WILL WORK 3242 01:49:02,903 --> 01:49:04,237 WITH US TO DO SO, BECAUSE WE 3243 01:49:04,237 --> 01:49:05,839 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A 3244 01:49:05,839 --> 01:49:07,474 PLANT THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO 3245 01:49:07,474 --> 01:49:12,679 WORK . AND IF IT DOESN'T, WE 3246 01:49:12,679 --> 01:49:14,314 NEED TO OWN UP TO THAT AND DO 3247 01:49:14,314 --> 01:49:15,181 SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH IS 3248 01:49:15,181 --> 01:49:16,516 NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF 3249 01:49:16,516 --> 01:49:17,717 SEATTLE DOES VERY WELL. WE NEED 3250 01:49:17,717 --> 01:49:19,653 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HONEST 3251 01:49:19,653 --> 01:49:23,723 ABOUT THAT. AND EYES WIDE OPEN 3252 01:49:23,723 --> 01:49:24,891 AND TRANSPARENCY IS GOING TO BE 3253 01:49:24,891 --> 01:49:34,301 THE KEY HERE. THANK YOU, CHAIR, 3254 01:49:34,301 --> 01:49:35,302 FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE SOME 3255 01:49:35,302 --> 01:49:36,503 REMARKS BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO 3256 01:49:36,503 --> 01:49:37,570 WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE TO 3257 01:49:37,570 --> 01:49:38,505 ENSURE THAT THE TINY HOUSE 3258 01:49:38,505 --> 01:49:39,839 VILLAGES THAT WE STAND UP ARE 3259 01:49:39,839 --> 01:49:40,140 SUCCESSFUL. 3260 01:49:40,140 --> 01:49:40,941 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. 3261 01:49:40,941 --> 01:49:41,374 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3262 01:49:41,374 --> 01:49:42,742 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WILL 3263 01:49:42,742 --> 01:49:51,685 BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW , 3264 01:49:51,685 --> 01:49:52,953 HOPEFULLY, WE ARE OKAY ON TIME. 3265 01:49:52,953 --> 01:49:54,287 I WANT TO THANK MAYOR WILSON AND 3266 01:49:54,287 --> 01:49:54,988 THE ADMINISTRATION FOR 3267 01:49:54,988 --> 01:49:56,089 RECOGNIZING THE URGENT NEED TO 3268 01:49:56,089 --> 01:49:56,923 EXPAND SHELTER CAPACITY. THIS IS 3269 01:49:56,923 --> 01:49:57,891 AN IMPORTANT STEP. I ALSO 3270 01:49:57,891 --> 01:49:58,892 APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO ADDRESS 3271 01:49:58,892 --> 01:50:00,126 A GROWING CRISIS THAT WE HAVE 3272 01:50:00,126 --> 01:50:01,394 SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TALKED 3273 01:50:01,394 --> 01:50:03,163 ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. I ALSO 3274 01:50:03,163 --> 01:50:04,898 HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTED 3275 01:50:04,898 --> 01:50:05,465 COSTS, ESPECIALLY FOR 3276 01:50:05,465 --> 01:50:06,733 INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH ACUITY 3277 01:50:06,733 --> 01:50:17,277 NEEDS , SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE 3278 01:50:24,117 --> 01:50:25,285 INDICATED THAT 48,000 PER BED IS 3279 01:50:25,285 --> 01:50:26,386 A MID-POINT ON THE ESTIMATE. I 3280 01:50:26,386 --> 01:50:28,188 KNOW WE WANT TO STAND UP 500 OF 3281 01:50:28,188 --> 01:50:29,389 THESE. AND SO, I WILL BE HAVING 3282 01:50:29,389 --> 01:50:30,390 QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I 3283 01:50:30,390 --> 01:50:31,625 WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMITMENT 3284 01:50:31,625 --> 01:50:32,892 THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUND 3285 01:50:32,892 --> 01:50:33,693 THESE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, 3286 01:50:33,693 --> 01:50:34,961 AND WE CAN'T JUST STOP SERVICES 3287 01:50:34,961 --> 01:50:36,129 THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE 3288 01:50:36,129 --> 01:50:37,364 MONEY. JUST MAKING SURE WE ARE 3289 01:50:37,364 --> 01:50:38,398 TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE COST. I 3290 01:50:38,398 --> 01:50:39,933 THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE 3291 01:50:39,933 --> 01:50:40,567 COMMUNICATED VERY CLEARLY WITH 3292 01:50:40,567 --> 01:50:41,434 FULL TRANSPARENCY AS WE ARE 3293 01:50:41,434 --> 01:50:42,268 GOING DOWN THIS TOGETHER, THIS 3294 01:50:42,268 --> 01:50:43,636 PROCESS TOGETHER, WHICH FULLY 3295 01:50:43,636 --> 01:50:48,208 COMMITTED TO . BEYOND COSTS, WE 3296 01:50:48,208 --> 01:50:49,442 ALSO MUST ADDRESS THE TREATMENT. 3297 01:50:49,442 --> 01:50:50,877 I THINK RIGHT NOW IT IS REALLY 3298 01:50:50,877 --> 01:50:51,945 EASIER FOR SOMEONE TO RECEIVE A 3299 01:50:51,945 --> 01:50:53,880 HARM REDUCTION KIT THAN IT IS TO 3300 01:50:53,880 --> 01:50:57,250 ACCESS TREATMENT . THAT HAS BEEN 3301 01:50:57,250 --> 01:50:58,852 MY PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE. I HAVE 3302 01:50:58,852 --> 01:50:59,953 SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. I HAVE LIVED 3303 01:50:59,953 --> 01:51:01,454 IT. I HAVE HAD A FAMILY MEMBER 3304 01:51:01,454 --> 01:51:03,823 STRUGGLE IN THE SYSTEM . WENT 3305 01:51:03,823 --> 01:51:04,858 FROM LIVING ON THIRD AND PIKE 3306 01:51:04,858 --> 01:51:05,959 INTO A SHELTER ENVIRONMENT WHERE 3307 01:51:05,959 --> 01:51:16,469 DRUG USE WAS STILL WIDESPREAD 3308 01:51:23,977 --> 01:51:25,245 AND VERY RAMPANT. THERE WAS NO 3309 01:51:25,245 --> 01:51:26,379 CLEAR PATH TO RECOVERY AND 3310 01:51:26,379 --> 01:51:26,946 SERVICES WERE LACKING. ONLY 3311 01:51:26,946 --> 01:51:27,981 CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO THAT SAME 3312 01:51:27,981 --> 01:51:28,481 CHALLENGES. TRAGICALLY, 3313 01:51:28,481 --> 01:51:29,315 UNFORTUNATELY, HE LOST HIS LIFE 3314 01:51:29,315 --> 01:51:30,750 IN AN ACT OF VIOLENCE IN THAT 3315 01:51:30,750 --> 01:51:32,018 VERY SAME SHELTER IN THE PARKING 3316 01:51:32,018 --> 01:51:33,019 LOT. THAT EXPERIENCE SHAPES MICE 3317 01:51:33,019 --> 01:51:33,853 PERSPECTIVE. GOING TO BE 3318 01:51:33,853 --> 01:51:34,654 SUPPORTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 3319 01:51:34,654 --> 01:51:35,622 THAT HAS SERVICES, THAT HAS 3320 01:51:35,622 --> 01:51:36,456 RAPID AMOUNT OF TREATMENT, 3321 01:51:36,456 --> 01:51:37,524 WHETHER IT IS MOBILE TREATMENT, 3322 01:51:37,524 --> 01:51:41,761 WHETHER IT IS -- WE HAVE -- 3323 01:51:41,761 --> 01:51:44,397 SORRY. LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. 3324 01:51:44,397 --> 01:51:46,566 MOBILE TREATMENT, OR WE HAVE 3325 01:51:46,566 --> 01:51:48,301 SOCIAL WORKERS . FOLKS THAT ARE 3326 01:51:48,301 --> 01:51:53,440 GOING TO BE REALLY CONNECTED 3327 01:51:53,440 --> 01:51:54,574 WITH PEOPLE ON THIS RECOVERY 3328 01:51:54,574 --> 01:51:55,675 JOURNEY AND A PATHWAY OUT OF 3329 01:51:55,675 --> 01:51:56,876 HOMELESSNESS AND OUT OF 3330 01:51:56,876 --> 01:51:58,745 ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE USE 3331 01:51:58,745 --> 01:52:00,180 DISORDER. WE OFTEN GO BACK AND 3332 01:52:00,180 --> 01:52:07,320 FORTH , IS A CALLED SUBSTANCE 3333 01:52:07,320 --> 01:52:08,021 USE OR ADDICTION. IT DOESN'T 3334 01:52:08,021 --> 01:52:09,022 MOVE THAT PERSON CLOSER TO 3335 01:52:09,022 --> 01:52:09,956 TREATMENT. WHATEVER WE CALL IT, 3336 01:52:09,956 --> 01:52:11,391 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 3337 01:52:11,391 --> 01:52:18,565 GETTING THE OUTCOMES , 3338 01:52:18,565 --> 01:52:19,232 WRAPAROUND SERVICES, FOR PEOPLE 3339 01:52:19,232 --> 01:52:20,200 SO WE CAN GET THEM RECONNECTED 3340 01:52:20,200 --> 01:52:22,001 TO THEIR FAMILY. I AM GOING TO 3341 01:52:22,001 --> 01:52:22,902 BE ASKING HARD QUESTIONS WHAT IS 3342 01:52:22,902 --> 01:52:24,337 THE PLAN, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES, 3343 01:52:24,337 --> 01:52:25,305 WHAT ARE WE TARGETING, HOW ARE 3344 01:52:25,305 --> 01:52:26,306 WE ENSURING ACCESS TO TREATMENT, 3345 01:52:26,306 --> 01:52:27,474 AND HOW ARE WE HOLDING THESE 3346 01:52:27,474 --> 01:52:35,315 SYSTEMS ACCOUNTABLE FROM DAY ONE 3347 01:52:35,315 --> 01:52:36,983 ? I ALSO WANT TO MAKE THE 3348 01:52:36,983 --> 01:52:37,650 INFORMATION MORE PALATABLE FOR 3349 01:52:37,650 --> 01:52:38,551 PEOPLE. INFORMATION THAT IS 3350 01:52:38,551 --> 01:52:40,153 GOING TO BE SENT TO ME, WE WILL 3351 01:52:40,153 --> 01:52:41,187 MAKE CRAFTS AND LINKS SO PEOPLE 3352 01:52:41,187 --> 01:52:42,589 CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON 3353 01:52:42,589 --> 01:52:43,723 DURING THIS PROCESS. THAT IS MY 3354 01:52:43,723 --> 01:52:44,924 COMMITMENT JUST LIKE YOU DO WHEN 3355 01:52:44,924 --> 01:52:46,292 YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE ARE 3356 01:52:46,292 --> 01:52:52,665 SPENDING PER KID EDUCATION WISE 3357 01:52:52,665 --> 01:52:53,933 IN ANY SCHOOL, MAKING IT 3358 01:52:53,933 --> 01:52:54,567 PALATABLE AND BREAKDOWN SO 3359 01:52:54,567 --> 01:52:55,535 PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. I KNOW 3360 01:52:55,535 --> 01:52:56,469 KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 3361 01:52:56,469 --> 01:52:57,337 AUTHORITY HAS A DASHBOARD, BUT 3362 01:52:57,337 --> 01:52:59,139 WE NEED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT 3363 01:52:59,139 --> 01:52:59,873 MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE. 3364 01:52:59,873 --> 01:53:00,940 THANK YOU ALL. LOOKING FORWARD 3365 01:53:00,940 --> 01:53:02,308 TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS. YOU 3366 01:53:02,308 --> 01:53:03,543 HAVE MY COMMITMENT THERE AND ON 3367 01:53:03,543 --> 01:53:04,778 THE RECORD TO DO IT TOGETHER. 3368 01:53:04,778 --> 01:53:05,779 BECAUSE THIS IS VERY PERSONAL 3369 01:53:05,779 --> 01:53:06,579 FOR ME. THANK YOU. 3370 01:53:06,579 --> 01:53:07,647 >> ANYTHING FROM THE TABLE 3371 01:53:07,647 --> 01:53:10,750 BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT? 3372 01:53:10,750 --> 01:53:12,352 >> JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL 3373 01:53:12,352 --> 01:53:14,087 FOR YOUR TIME AND EXPEDIENCY IN 3374 01:53:14,087 --> 01:53:14,821 MOVING ALL OF THIS. I LOOK 3375 01:53:14,821 --> 01:53:16,322 FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU 3376 01:53:16,322 --> 01:53:22,462 ALMOST DAILY. ANY OF THE 3377 01:53:22,462 --> 01:53:23,730 QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, I 3378 01:53:23,730 --> 01:53:24,697 LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING THOSE 3379 01:53:24,697 --> 01:53:25,965 OVER THE PROCESS IN THE COURSE 3380 01:53:25,965 --> 01:53:30,804 OF THIS WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE 3381 01:53:30,804 --> 01:53:31,838 AN ACTIVE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM 3382 01:53:31,838 --> 01:53:33,239 WORKING ON THESE ISSUES AS WELL 3383 01:53:33,239 --> 01:53:43,716 AS GATHERING WHERE WE BRING 3384 01:53:52,025 --> 01:53:52,959 PROVIDERS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT 3385 01:53:52,959 --> 01:53:54,194 HOW WE DO PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING 3386 01:53:54,194 --> 01:53:55,562 AND HOW WE ARE MAPPING OUT THIS 3387 01:53:55,562 --> 01:53:56,729 WORK. AND SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO 3388 01:53:56,729 --> 01:53:57,964 ENGAGING WITH YOU AND HOW WE 3389 01:53:57,964 --> 01:53:59,098 PLUG IN CENTRAL STAFF AND 3390 01:53:59,098 --> 01:53:59,832 COUNCIL INTO THAT WORK. 3391 01:53:59,832 --> 01:54:00,967 >> WONDERFUL. I WANT TO THANK 3392 01:54:00,967 --> 01:54:02,268 MARY WERE SEWN. THANK YOU AND 3393 01:54:02,268 --> 01:54:03,269 YOUR TEAM AGAIN FOR MOVING 3394 01:54:03,269 --> 01:54:04,437 URGENTLY TO ADDRESS THIS NEED. I 3395 01:54:04,437 --> 01:54:05,905 KNOW THE HOW WE STILL HAVE YET 3396 01:54:05,905 --> 01:54:07,307 TO WORK TOGETHER AND IMPLEMENT. 3397 01:54:07,307 --> 01:54:08,608 I WILL ALSO SAY NORMAL CAN BE A 3398 01:54:08,608 --> 01:54:09,943 REALLY LOADED WORD SOMETIMES. IT 3399 01:54:09,943 --> 01:54:11,244 WOULD BE NORMAL FOR US TO HAVE 3400 01:54:11,244 --> 01:54:12,045 DAILY CONVERSATIONS ON THIS. IT 3401 01:54:12,045 --> 01:54:13,079 IS WELCOMED AND DESIRED. I 3402 01:54:13,079 --> 01:54:14,447 OPENED THAT DOOR IN THAT WINDOW 3403 01:54:14,447 --> 01:54:18,384 TO YOU, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS 3404 01:54:18,384 --> 01:54:19,619 SITTING HERE, EVEN THOUGH WE 3405 01:54:19,619 --> 01:54:20,286 HAVE QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED, 3406 01:54:20,286 --> 01:54:21,454 WE KNOW THE URGENCY OF THIS 3407 01:54:21,454 --> 01:54:22,722 MOMENT TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT 3408 01:54:22,722 --> 01:54:28,294 OUR STREETS ARE , BECAUSE PEOPLE 3409 01:54:28,294 --> 01:54:29,529 LIVING ON THE STREETS IS NEVER 3410 01:54:29,529 --> 01:54:30,763 OKAY. AND SO, WHILE WE STILL 3411 01:54:30,763 --> 01:54:32,098 HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, WE KNOW 3412 01:54:32,098 --> 01:54:33,433 THAT WE CANNOT SLOW DOWN. THAT 3413 01:54:33,433 --> 01:54:35,301 IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY PASSING 3414 01:54:35,301 --> 01:54:42,675 THIS BUDGET AS QUICKLY AS IT HAS 3415 01:54:42,675 --> 01:54:43,943 BEEN TRANSMITTED TO US. WE KNOW 3416 01:54:43,943 --> 01:54:45,245 THERE IS STILL A COUPLE OTHER -- 3417 01:54:45,245 --> 01:54:46,713 THE LAND USE BILL HAS GOOD AND 3418 01:54:46,713 --> 01:54:47,647 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT ARE 3419 01:54:47,647 --> 01:54:49,015 BEING ASKED AND ANSWERED TODAY. 3420 01:54:49,015 --> 01:54:50,416 I JUST SET THE STAGE FOR, WE 3421 01:54:50,416 --> 01:54:52,018 LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP 3422 01:54:52,018 --> 01:54:56,289 TO ADDRESSING THE MOST COMPLEX 3423 01:54:56,289 --> 01:54:57,390 NEEDS ON OUR STREETS, BECAUSE 3424 01:54:57,390 --> 01:54:58,524 THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE 3425 01:54:58,524 --> 01:55:00,360 MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. THIS COMES 3426 01:55:00,360 --> 01:55:00,994 FROM, AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE I 3427 01:55:00,994 --> 01:55:10,803 SHARED FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO I HAD 3428 01:55:10,803 --> 01:55:11,771 TROUBLE GETTING FOLKS INTO TINY 3429 01:55:11,771 --> 01:55:12,839 HOMES. TODAY THE PROBLEM THAT WE 3430 01:55:12,839 --> 01:55:14,240 HAVE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN 3431 01:55:14,240 --> 01:55:15,341 KICKED OUT OF TINY HOMES BECAUSE 3432 01:55:15,341 --> 01:55:17,710 THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THAT 3433 01:55:17,710 --> 01:55:19,078 IS A DIFFERENT -- IN SOME WAYS, 3434 01:55:19,078 --> 01:55:20,446 IT IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, 3435 01:55:20,446 --> 01:55:21,447 BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING MORE 3436 01:55:21,447 --> 01:55:22,682 ATTUNED TO THEIR NEEDS, THE 3437 01:55:22,682 --> 01:55:23,516 COMPLEX NEEDS, THE FOLKS 3438 01:55:23,516 --> 01:55:27,387 REQUIRED TO BE SOLVED , AS WELL 3439 01:55:27,387 --> 01:55:28,821 AS THE THROUGHPUT IS SO 3440 01:55:28,821 --> 01:55:32,392 CRITICAL. WE WILL GET 3 TO 4 3441 01:55:32,392 --> 01:55:33,426 TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE SERVED WITH 3442 01:55:33,426 --> 01:55:36,529 A HIGHER THROUGHPUT , AND THE 3443 01:55:36,529 --> 01:55:37,664 INVERSE IS THAT IF PEOPLE ARE 3444 01:55:37,664 --> 01:55:39,032 LANGUISHING FOR SEVEN MONTHS, 3445 01:55:39,032 --> 01:55:41,567 THEN WE ARE TURNING SHELTER INTO 3446 01:55:41,567 --> 01:55:46,873 HOUSING . IT IS NOT OKAY TO 3447 01:55:46,873 --> 01:55:47,807 ALLOW SHELTER TO BECOME 3448 01:55:47,807 --> 01:55:49,208 SOMEBODY'S DE FACTO HOUSING. 3449 01:55:49,208 --> 01:55:51,678 WITH THAT, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3450 01:55:51,678 --> 01:55:53,613 CALL THE ROLL ON COUNCIL BILL 3451 01:55:53,613 --> 01:56:03,990 121185 ? AS AMENDED? 3452 01:56:11,497 --> 01:56:12,065 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3453 01:56:12,065 --> 01:56:12,699 HOLLINGSWORTH. VICE CHAIR 3454 01:56:12,699 --> 01:56:13,666 RIVERA. CHAIR STRAUSS. THREE IN 3455 01:56:13,666 --> 01:56:14,400 FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. 3456 01:56:14,400 --> 01:56:15,401 >> THANK YOU. COUNTABLE 121185 3457 01:56:15,401 --> 01:56:16,769 AS AMENDED PASSES AND WILL BE 3458 01:56:16,769 --> 01:56:17,904 SENT TO THE APRIL 14 CITY 3459 01:56:17,904 --> 01:56:18,638 COUNCIL MEETING. WE ARE 3460 01:56:18,638 --> 01:56:20,473 CURRENTLY AT 11:28. WE HAVE A 3461 01:56:20,473 --> 01:56:25,611 HARD STOP THAT SUPPOSED TO BE 3462 01:56:25,611 --> 01:56:26,679 OUT IN TWO MINUTES. MY 3463 01:56:26,679 --> 01:56:27,914 APOLOGIES. I AM USUALLY GOOD. WE 3464 01:56:27,914 --> 01:56:28,981 HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION. WILL 3465 01:56:28,981 --> 01:56:30,383 THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE SHORT 3466 01:56:30,383 --> 01:56:31,417 TITLE OF ITEM -- THE LIGHTEST 3467 01:56:31,417 --> 01:56:32,251 ITEM INTO THE RECORD? 3468 01:56:32,251 --> 01:56:36,689 >> ITEM 3, GRANTS ACCEPTANCE. 3469 01:56:36,689 --> 01:56:37,690 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE 3470 01:56:37,690 --> 01:56:38,891 VOTE WITH DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY 3471 01:56:38,891 --> 01:56:40,193 BUDGET OFFICE AND COUNCIL 3472 01:56:40,193 --> 01:56:41,294 CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTING. 3473 01:56:41,294 --> 01:56:49,068 >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN 3474 01:56:49,068 --> 01:56:50,269 IT OVER TO DIRECTOR, FOLLOWED BY 3475 01:56:50,269 --> 01:56:51,771 TOM MIKE CELL OF COUNCIL CENTRAL 3476 01:56:51,771 --> 01:56:53,706 STAFF . COLLEAGUES, I WILL SAY 3477 01:56:53,706 --> 01:56:54,741 THAT I HAVE REVIEWED THIS 3478 01:56:54,741 --> 01:56:55,908 UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING ON IT 3479 01:56:55,908 --> 01:56:59,645 TODAY. I HAVE ADDITIONAL 3480 01:56:59,645 --> 01:57:00,847 QUESTIONS THAT I THINK I KNOW 3481 01:57:00,847 --> 01:57:02,582 THE ANSWER TO . IT IS NOT WERE 3482 01:57:02,582 --> 01:57:09,956 SLOWING DOWN THE PROCESS. BUT I 3483 01:57:09,956 --> 01:57:10,690 WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH THE 3484 01:57:10,690 --> 01:57:11,290 BUDGET DIRECTOR AFTER THIS 3485 01:57:11,290 --> 01:57:12,492 COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE MY 3486 01:57:12,492 --> 01:57:13,326 ASSUMPTIONS ARE CORRECT SO WE 3487 01:57:13,326 --> 01:57:14,327 CAN CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. 3488 01:57:14,327 --> 01:57:15,628 WITH THAT, IT WILL TURN IT OVER 3489 01:57:15,628 --> 01:57:17,029 TO YOU TO WALK US THROUGH THE 3490 01:57:17,029 --> 01:57:17,363 PRESENTATION. 3491 01:57:17,363 --> 01:57:18,464 >> GREAT. THANK YOU. CITY BUDGET 3492 01:57:18,464 --> 01:57:22,702 DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS 3493 01:57:22,702 --> 01:57:23,569 THE FIRST QUARTER GRANTS 3494 01:57:23,569 --> 01:57:24,537 ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE. I WILL 3495 01:57:24,537 --> 01:57:27,173 MOVE RELATIVELY QUICKLY TO SAVE 3496 01:57:27,173 --> 01:57:34,580 TIME. I HAVE TWO SCREENS. I CAN 3497 01:57:34,580 --> 01:57:36,048 LOOK AT MY NOTES AND RUN THIS. 3498 01:57:36,048 --> 01:57:37,450 IF I GET CONFUSED, JUST LET ME 3499 01:57:37,450 --> 01:57:39,285 KNOW. ALWAYS LIKE TO START WITH 3500 01:57:39,285 --> 01:57:46,426 THE OVERARCHING MISSION 3501 01:57:46,426 --> 01:57:47,326 STATEMENT FOR THE CITY BUDGET 3502 01:57:47,326 --> 01:57:48,728 OFFICE. WHILE THIS IS UP ON THE 3503 01:57:48,728 --> 01:57:50,396 SCREEN, I WILL NOTE THIS IS THE 3504 01:57:50,396 --> 01:57:54,700 FIRST OF THREE ROUTINE GRANT 3505 01:57:54,700 --> 01:57:55,701 ACCEPTANCE BILLS THAT THE BUDGET 3506 01:57:55,701 --> 01:57:56,702 OFFICE TYPICALLY TRANSMITS FOR 3507 01:57:56,702 --> 01:57:57,770 THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION 3508 01:57:57,770 --> 01:58:08,314 EACH YEAR . THE FIRST QUARTER, 3509 01:58:09,115 --> 01:58:10,283 AT MIDYEAR AND THEN A YEAR AND 3510 01:58:10,283 --> 01:58:11,150 GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE. IN 3511 01:58:11,150 --> 01:58:12,018 ADDITION, DURING THE ANNUAL 3512 01:58:12,018 --> 01:58:12,919 BUDGET PROCESS WE WILL TRANSMIT 3513 01:58:12,919 --> 01:58:13,986 AN ANNUAL ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE. 3514 01:58:13,986 --> 01:58:14,987 THIS IS PASSED WITH THE ADOPTED 3515 01:58:14,987 --> 01:58:15,788 BUDGET. THESE ARE FOR 3516 01:58:15,788 --> 01:58:16,789 REOCCURRING BUDGET GRANTS WE ARE 3517 01:58:16,789 --> 01:58:17,824 CERTAIN WE WILL RECEIVE EACH 3518 01:58:17,824 --> 01:58:19,792 YEAR AND ARE PART OF THE ADOPTED 3519 01:58:19,792 --> 01:58:22,829 BUDGET PROCESS. AND THEN, 3520 01:58:22,829 --> 01:58:23,663 OCCASIONALLY WE WILL SEND 3521 01:58:23,663 --> 01:58:24,263 STANDALONE LEGISLATION FOR 3522 01:58:24,263 --> 01:58:25,264 GRANTS SPECIFIC IN NATURE AND 3523 01:58:25,264 --> 01:58:26,199 TIME SENSITIVE. THIS IS THE 3524 01:58:26,199 --> 01:58:29,202 FIRST YOU ARE SEEING THIS YEAR. 3525 01:58:29,202 --> 01:58:30,903 THE BILL SORT OF DOES TWO 3526 01:58:30,903 --> 01:58:33,005 THINGS. IT EXCEPTS GRANTS , 3527 01:58:33,005 --> 01:58:34,240 EXCEPTS REVENUES, AS WELL AS 3528 01:58:34,240 --> 01:58:39,112 APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO SPEND THAT 3529 01:58:39,112 --> 01:58:39,846 REVENUE IF IT WASN'T ALREADY 3530 01:58:39,846 --> 01:58:41,214 APPROPRIATED IN THE ADOPTED 3531 01:58:41,214 --> 01:58:51,724 BUDGET . THIS PROPOSAL COVERS 3532 01:58:53,626 --> 01:58:54,627 THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 2025 3533 01:58:54,627 --> 01:58:55,728 THROUGH 2026 . IT EXCEPTS AND 3534 01:58:55,728 --> 01:58:56,395 APPROPRIATES APPROXIMATELY $4.5 3535 01:58:56,395 --> 01:58:57,630 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND IN FOUR 3536 01:58:57,630 --> 01:58:58,364 CITY DEPARTMENTS AND $32.5 3537 01:58:58,364 --> 01:58:59,565 MILLION INTO OTHER FUNDS ACROSS 3538 01:58:59,565 --> 01:59:00,533 FOUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. I WILL 3539 01:59:00,533 --> 01:59:01,601 NOTE THAT ALL GRANT MATCH 3540 01:59:01,601 --> 01:59:02,401 REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE DESCRIBED 3541 01:59:02,401 --> 01:59:08,774 IN SOME DETAIL IN THE CENTRAL 3542 01:59:08,774 --> 01:59:10,143 STAFF MEMO ARE MET BY EXISTING 3543 01:59:10,143 --> 01:59:11,177 APPROPRIATIONS. THERE ARE 32 3544 01:59:11,177 --> 01:59:13,012 GRANTS IN TOTAL . THIS SLIDE 3545 01:59:13,012 --> 01:59:16,249 REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTS A FEW OF 3546 01:59:16,249 --> 01:59:26,025 THE GRANTS THAT ARE NEWER TO THE 3547 01:59:26,025 --> 01:59:26,792 CITY. I MENTIONED IN THE 3548 01:59:26,792 --> 01:59:27,793 PREVIOUS SLIDE THERE ARE 34 3549 01:59:27,793 --> 01:59:29,195 ITEMS. I WASN'T GOING TO WALK 3550 01:59:29,195 --> 01:59:30,229 YOU THROUGH EACH ONE. THERE IS 3551 01:59:30,229 --> 01:59:31,998 ALSO A SUMMARY IN THE CENTRAL 3552 01:59:31,998 --> 01:59:36,102 STAFF MEMO THAT PROVIDES SUMMARY 3553 01:59:36,102 --> 01:59:37,170 WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 3554 01:59:37,170 --> 01:59:41,741 PERSPECTIVE . OVERALL, WE ARE 3555 01:59:41,741 --> 01:59:42,842 HIGHLIGHTING SIMILAR THINGS. I 3556 01:59:42,842 --> 01:59:43,943 WILL PULL OUT A COUPLE. 6.4 3557 01:59:43,943 --> 01:59:45,344 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE HUMAN 3558 01:59:45,344 --> 01:59:49,215 SERVICES DEPARTMENT . FROM THE 3559 01:59:49,215 --> 01:59:50,049 STATE, THAT PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE 3560 01:59:50,049 --> 01:59:51,217 SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS MOLD 3561 01:59:51,217 --> 01:59:57,089 IN THE APPLE HEALTHCARE PROGRAM. 3562 01:59:57,089 --> 01:59:58,758 THERE IS $5 MILLION TO THE 3563 01:59:58,758 --> 01:59:59,425 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 3564 01:59:59,425 --> 02:00:00,193 DEPARTMENT FROM THE STATE TO 3565 02:00:00,193 --> 02:00:01,260 SUPPORT EFFORTS REMEDIATING THE 3566 02:00:01,260 --> 02:00:07,600 LOWER DUWAMISH ONE OF MY 3567 02:00:07,600 --> 02:00:08,734 SUPERFUND SITE. THIS IS A FLAVOR 3568 02:00:08,734 --> 02:00:09,969 OF THE GRANTS OF THAT ARE 3569 02:00:09,969 --> 02:00:11,137 SUPPORTING CITY WORK AND HELPING 3570 02:00:11,137 --> 02:00:12,271 US MAXIMIZE LOCAL FUNDS. SO I 3571 02:00:12,271 --> 02:00:13,673 WILL STOP THERE PER CAPITA HAVE 3572 02:00:13,673 --> 02:00:14,473 MY COLLEAGUE ADD ANYTHING HERE 3573 02:00:14,473 --> 02:00:16,242 OR ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE 3574 02:00:16,242 --> 02:00:16,542 COMMITTEE. 3575 02:00:16,542 --> 02:00:18,511 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. GOOD 3576 02:00:18,511 --> 02:00:19,512 MORNING, COMMITTEE. CENTRAL 3577 02:00:19,512 --> 02:00:23,749 STAFF. DIRECTOR COVERED THE KEYS 3578 02:00:23,749 --> 02:00:30,957 CONCEPT IN THE BILL. THE ONLY 3579 02:00:30,957 --> 02:00:32,325 THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE 3580 02:00:32,325 --> 02:00:33,559 APPROPRIATIONS BE MADE BY THIS 3581 02:00:33,559 --> 02:00:34,293 HORNETS ARE NON-LAPSING. 3582 02:00:34,293 --> 02:00:34,927 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE BULK 3583 02:00:34,927 --> 02:00:36,162 OF THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT YOU 3584 02:00:36,162 --> 02:00:36,996 ALL APPROVE IN BUDGET BILLS AND 3585 02:00:36,996 --> 02:00:38,431 AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE 3586 02:00:38,431 --> 02:00:39,265 THESE ARE GRANTS. THE 3587 02:00:39,265 --> 02:00:48,641 PERFORMANCE PERIOD CAN EXTEND 3588 02:00:48,641 --> 02:00:49,809 BEYOND THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. 3589 02:00:49,809 --> 02:00:50,977 THEY DON'T HAVE A LAPSING 3590 02:00:50,977 --> 02:00:52,078 PROVISION. SO THEY WILL CONTINUE 3591 02:00:52,078 --> 02:00:52,878 UNTIL THEY ARE EITHER ABANDONED 3592 02:00:52,878 --> 02:00:54,247 BY FURTHER ORDINANCE OR FULLY 3593 02:00:54,247 --> 02:00:57,617 SPENT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE GOT. 3594 02:00:57,617 --> 02:00:58,517 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THANK 3595 02:00:58,517 --> 02:00:59,318 YOU, TOM. COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS 3596 02:00:59,318 --> 02:01:01,153 ON GRANTS? THIS IS THE FIRST OF 3597 02:01:01,153 --> 02:01:04,323 THREE OF THIS TYPE OF BILL THAT 3598 02:01:04,323 --> 02:01:08,261 WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR . I DO 3599 02:01:08,261 --> 02:01:09,161 HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I WILL 3600 02:01:09,161 --> 02:01:10,296 FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, DIRECTOR, 3601 02:01:10,296 --> 02:01:11,731 LATER. I THINK THEY ARE LIKELY 3602 02:01:11,731 --> 02:01:17,937 STUPID QUESTIONS. BUT THEY'RE 3603 02:01:17,937 --> 02:01:19,138 GOOD ONES ANYWAY. WITH THAT, IT 3604 02:01:19,138 --> 02:01:20,273 SEEMS WE HAVE NO FURTHER 3605 02:01:20,273 --> 02:01:21,674 QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. I WILL 3606 02:01:21,674 --> 02:01:27,013 ASK -- I WILL MOVE COUNCIL BILL 3607 02:01:27,013 --> 02:01:28,080 121187. IS THERE A SECOND? 3608 02:01:28,080 --> 02:01:28,381 >> SECOND. 3609 02:01:28,381 --> 02:01:34,553 >> MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS 3610 02:01:34,553 --> 02:01:35,721 COUNCIL BILL 121187. WILL THE 3611 02:01:35,721 --> 02:01:36,789 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 3612 02:01:36,789 --> 02:01:37,423 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3613 02:01:37,423 --> 02:01:37,990 HOLLINGSWORTH. VICE CHAIR 3614 02:01:37,990 --> 02:01:42,295 RIVERA. CHAIR STRAUSS. THREE IN 3615 02:01:42,295 --> 02:01:43,129 FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED. 3616 02:01:43,129 --> 02:01:44,563 >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL BILL 3617 02:01:44,563 --> 02:01:49,068 121187 IS RECOMMENDED TO BE 3618 02:01:49,068 --> 02:01:50,202 PASSED AND WILL BE AT THE 3619 02:01:50,202 --> 02:01:52,071 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON 3620 02:01:52,071 --> 02:01:55,207 APRIL 14 . 3621 02:01:55,207 --> 02:01:55,708 >> THANK YOU. 3622 02:01:55,708 --> 02:01:56,776 >> WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY 3623 02:01:56,776 --> 02:01:57,910 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 3624 02:01:57,910 --> 02:02:00,446 THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE . I 3625 02:02:00,446 --> 02:02:02,114 WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN 3626 02:02:02,114 --> 02:02:03,182 UPDATE. THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE 3627 02:02:03,182 --> 02:02:04,383 TUESDAY, APRIL 7 MEETING OF THE 3628 02:02:04,383 --> 02:02:05,217 FINANCE, NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND 3629 02:02:05,217 --> 02:02:06,018 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE. 3630 02:02:06,018 --> 02:02:07,553 THE APRIL 21 MEETING WILL BE 3631 02:02:07,553 --> 02:02:10,923 CANCELED AS WE JUST HAD THE 3632 02:02:10,923 --> 02:02:12,291 SPECIAL MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO SO 3633 02:02:12,291 --> 02:02:13,426 WE COULD MOVE THIS BILL FASTER 3634 02:02:13,426 --> 02:02:19,332 AND FORWARD. WE WILL